Short Inspirational Sports Quotes

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bo Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Heywood Broun

Inspirational, Sports, Baseball

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

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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Joe Paterno

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Pat Riley

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Billie Jean King

Inspirational, Sports, Running

Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Pele

Sports, Inspiration, Athlete

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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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A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

Mary Lou Retton

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

George Halas

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

Ken Doherty

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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One man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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

Jack Dempsey

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

Tommy Lasorda

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Success, Sports

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To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.

Picabo Street

Motivational, Sports, Determination

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

Serena Williams

Positive, Sports, Believe

"Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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You can't put a limit anything.

Michael Phelps

Sports, Cheerleading, Athlete

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

Don Zimmer

Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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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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The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

Denis Waitley

Motivational, Positive, Success

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If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

Joe Namath

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

Homer Rice

Motivational, Inspiring, Teamwork

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