Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 4

• You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

  Paul Brown

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Doctors, Track

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• Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

  Bill Bowerman

  Motivational, Sports, Inspiration

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• I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

  Gregg Troy

  Sports, Inspiration, Winning

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• Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Sports, Accomplishment

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• What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

  Wendell Phillips

  Inspirational, Life, Leadership

  Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.282

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• Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Blessed, People

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• The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

  Jean-Claude Killy

  Leadership, Sports, Volleyball

  Jean Claude Killy, Michael Halstead (1978). “Situation Skiing”, Doubleday Books

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• The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

  Dave DeBusschere

  Motivational, Basketball, Team

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• Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

  Darrell Royal

  Leadership, Sports, Football

  "Ex-Texas coach Royal dies at age 88", www.sfgate.com. November 7, 2012.

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• Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Sports, Football, Nfl Players

  Quoted in L.A. Times, 5 Oct. 1963

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• Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life... Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.

  Joe Kapp

  Success, Sports, Smell

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• Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.

  Jose Mourinho

  Sports, Football, Games

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place.

  James Lane Allen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• A winner never whines.

  Paul Brown

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Sports, Believe

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• You can always become better.

  Tiger Woods

  Motivational, Sports, Football

  Interview with Rob Johnston, www.augusta.com. April 6, 2011.

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• It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

  Sandy Lyle

  Sports, Funny Inspirational, Golf

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• I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

  Walter Payton

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Coaching

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.118, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.

  Timothy Gallwey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it.

  Tiger Woods

  Motivational, Sports, Golf

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• If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

  Charles Haley

  Inspirational, Sports, Volleyball

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• I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

  Lynn Jennings

  Motivational, Success, Encouraging

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  Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Sports, Running, Winning

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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