Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 25

• You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

  Joe DiMaggio

  Motivational, Running, Baseball

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Volleyball, Winning

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• There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Winning, Games

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

  Van Morrison

  Winning, Order, Two

  Song: Hard Nose the Highway, Album: Hard Nose the Highway

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• Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.

  Blaise Pascal

  Sports, Men, Play

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• With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.

  Pete Rose

  Baseball, Two, Making Money

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• Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Strength, Sports, Fitness

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• It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Giving Up, Matter, Belief

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• Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Bodybuilding, Forever

  "Cable Exclusive: Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up on personal and professional failures". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. October 1, 2012.

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• I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Bodybuilding, Doors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Exercise, Bodybuilding

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Athlete, Body, Used

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Peace, Military, War

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

  Jimmy Smits

  Games, Chess Game, Boxing

  "Interview with a dedicated Chess Parent in South Africa, Pearl Kander-Moodley". "Africa Chess Net" Interview, africachess.net. April 12, 2015.

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• Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

  Casey Stengel

  Motivational, Sports, Cutting

  Quoted in Joseph Durso, Casey: The Life and Legend of Charles Dillon Stengel (1967)

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• I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

  Serena Williams

  Motivational, Sports, May

  "Williams Victory In U.S. Open". www.wired.com. September 04, 2001.

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• I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

  Serena Williams

  Perfection, Tennis, Excellence

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• It ain't over 'til it's over.

  Yogi Berra

  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

  Quoted in Wash. Post, 26 Sept. 1977. Berra notes in The Yogi Book (1998): "That was my answer to a reporter when I was managing the New York Mets in July 1973.We were about nine games out of first place.We went on to win the division." Berra was quoted using the similar expression "You're not out of it until you're out of it" in N.Y. Times, 30 June 1974. See Ralph Carpenter 1

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• Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Strong, Bodybuilding, Growth

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• In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.

  Bear Bryant

  Teamwork, Player, Order

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• A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.

  David Ogilvy

  Teamwork, Baseball, Running

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• All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.

  Lou Holtz

  Teamwork, Sports, Business

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• Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

  John Wooden

  Teamwork, Coaching, Members

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