Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 34

• You have to have the mentality of executing your game when you don't feel like there's a lot of hope. I think the best feeling is when somebody pushes you to the limit and you dig down a little bit extra. By the same token, you also need a little luck. Sometimes they come together.

  Andre Agassi

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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• To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore.

  Rocky Marciano

  Success, Sports, Commitment

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• The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Player, Differences

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

  Justine Henin

  Sports, Tennis, Champion

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• I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

  Maria Sharapova

  Sports, Next, Firsts

  "Fame rushes in as Sharapova blows everyone away" by Stephen Bierley, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2004.

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• The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.

  Rafael Nadal

  Sports, Running, Moving

  "Barely 19, He's Got Game, Looks and Remarkably Good Manners" by Christopher Clarey, www.nytimes.com. June 6, 2005.

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• Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

  Joe Namath

  Sports, Football, Team

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• Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .

  John Wooden

  Sports, Focus, Development

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• I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

  Tom Osborne

  Inspirational, Sports, Volleyball

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• I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Sports, Swimming

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• Surpassing my achievements feels incredible; I want to replicate that again and again.

  Katherine Reutter

  Sports, Achievement, Want

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• Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

  Sanya Richards-Ross

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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  A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

  Usain Bolt

  People, Legends, My Time

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

  Usain Bolt

  Technique, Transition

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

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• Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

  Frank Bruno

  Sports, Athlete, Boxing

  "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2005.

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• If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Change, Wise

  "Now super-rich face a backlash as credit crunch hits home in America" by Joanna Walters, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2008.

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• Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

  Alexis Carrel

  Men, Work Out, Finding Yourself

  Alexis Carrel (1939). “Man the Unknown”

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  Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

  Ty Cobb

  Sports, Baseball, Pitching

  "Fictional character: Ty Cobb". "Cobb", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• He who stops being better stops being good.

  Oliver Cromwell

  Inspirational, Writing, Evil People

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• It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Birthday

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

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• Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

  Mike Ditka

  Motivational, Success, Congratulations

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• Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

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• The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

  Maureen Dowd

  Funny, Success, Acceptance

  "How to Be Happy: Why You Should Never Settle for 'Good Enough' in Your Life" by Kristen Houghton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

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• Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

  Roberto Duran

  Boxing, Guy, Three

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