Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 8

• Victory belongs to the most persevering.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  "Excellent Quotations for Home and School" by Julia B. Hoitt, (p. 51), 1888.

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• A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

  Jack Dempsey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Sports, Athlete, Hockey

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Basketball, Football

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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  Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.112, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

  Ross Perot

  Motivational, Strength, Success

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• Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Sports, Giving Up

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

  Jerry West

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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  Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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• I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

  Bruce Jenner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Meaningful

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  Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Character, Wrestling

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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• A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

  Ara Parseghian

  Motivational, Sports, Teamwork

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  What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

  Dean Smith

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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• Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to.

  Venus Williams

  Sports, Attitude, Athlete

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• I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.

  Denny Crum

  Basketball, Player, Games

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• Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Winning, Training

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