Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 23

• To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

  Cus D'Amato

  Sports, Men, Boxing

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• Boxers are going away and not getting decisions and are losing, so it's not looking good for us, is it, as a nation? Thanks for pointing that out. It's put even more pressure on me now. I don't mind that at all. I love pressure.

  Carl Froch

  Sports, Decision, Mind

  "Carl Froch ready to roll again and end sorry year for Brits on a high" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2011.

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• This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

  Bela Karolyi

  Sports, Dream, Team

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• She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's never over until the fat lady sings.

  Frank Carroll

  Sports, Long, Skating

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• No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling.

  Jim Leach

  Sports, Humility, Wrestling

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• But it's the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the "wall," like a marathon runner after 18 or 20 miles, who will survive. The key to that survival is in hard workouts that develop mental confidence to the point where you won't submit to fatigue and pain descending upon you.

  Lou Banach

  Sports, Workout, Wall

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• If you want to be the best,
  Work hardier than the rest.
  If you don't want to be the best,
  Just work like the rest.

  Bob Stinson

  Motivational, Hard Work, Training

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• Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

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• Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.

  Brian Tracy

  Life, Motivational, Winning

  Twitter post from Jan 01, 2015

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• I pray not for victory, but to do my best.

  Amos Alonzo Stagg

  Sports, Nfl, Victory

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• I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Football, College, Coaching

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• Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

  Ralph Jordan

  Football, College, Coaching

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• Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

  Eric Mangini

  Inspirational, Strength, Pain

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• A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

  Tom Flores

  Life, Commitment, Coaching

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• The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

  Luis Figo

  Football, Mistake, Ideas

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• Your biggest hurdle isn't your opponent, it is yourself.

  Brandon Todd

  Inspiring, Sports, Opponents

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• It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down.

  Miroslav Klose

  Sports, Fall, Shame

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• I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.

  Diana Nyad

  Sports, Goal, Uncompromising

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• It doesn't take talent to hustle.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• I am the person you'll see everyday training when everyone else has gone home. I live for the one moment of glory when I save that goal or sink that 3-point shot and score the winning basket. I am the sport, I am the glory, nothing can change that. I am an athlete, no one can forget that.

  Alexa Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• High school sports: where lessons of life are still being learned, and where athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates.

  Michael Powers

  Success, Softball, Sports

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• Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

  John Smith

  Success, Sports, Regret

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• It's important to respect both your teammates and your opponents. Friendships can make a victory last forever.

  James Koven

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• Sport, at its best, at its most human, is able to inspire an innocence and joy that is unique to each of us.

  Richard J. Corman

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• Victory with honor and integrity is the real goal of sport. Sometimes it happens that others are better than you. I could never beat Carl Lewis in a hundred-yard dash, but my victory might be in running faster today than I did yesterday.

  Don Sparks

  Sports, Running, Integrity

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