Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 5

• To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

  Tony Dorsett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

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  Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.

  Doris Brown Heritage

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.

  Sugar Ray Robinson

  Sports, Moving, Heart

  "Sugar Ray" by Sugar Ray Robinson and Dave Anderson, (p. 75), March 22, 1994.

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• The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

  Martina Navratilova

  Sports, Football, Greatness

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• This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.

  Carl Albert

  Sports, Wrestling, Boys

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• I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Dance, Sports

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• In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

  Althea Gibson

  Inspirational, Sports, Workout

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• Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Impossible, Dare

  Twitter post from May 04, 2015

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• I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Player

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• Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

  Mike Ditka

  Tired, Quitting, Loser

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• I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

  Socrates

  Sports, Wrestling, Average

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• It ain't what you eat but how you chew it.

  Delbert McClinton

  Inspirational, Sports, Coaching

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• You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational Sports, Believe, Motivational Workout

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• Success is about having. Excellence is about Being!

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational Sports, Excellence, Money And Fame

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• NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Men

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• I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Golf

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• If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

  Dick Vermeil

  Inspirational, Sports, Hurt

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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  The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

  Mike Ditka

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

  Mike Ditka, Don Pierson (1987). “Ditka: An Autobiography”

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• You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Sports, Powerful

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

  Hayden Fry

  Sports, Football, Games

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• I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

  Scotty Bowman

  Sports, Hockey, Winning

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• When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

  John Daly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

  George P. Shultz

  Softball, Sports, Volleyball

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