Short Sports Quotes - Page 3

• A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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• It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

  Evander Holyfield

  Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

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• When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

  Bill Shoemaker

  Motivational, Sports, Funny Inspirational

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• If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Dog

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• Sport is singularly able to give us peak experience where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.

  George A. Sheehan

  Sports, Giving, World

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• It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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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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• An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

  Emil Zatopek

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Quoted by Christopher Brasher in the Observer,12 Sep 1982.

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• The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

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• You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Emotional

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• If at first you don't succeed, you're obviously not me.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Success, Inspirational Sports, Firsts

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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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• The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

  Ernie Banks

  Sports, Athlete, Adversity

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

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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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• If at first you don't succeed, you can always become an ultramarathoner.

  Bruce Fordyce

  Success, Inspirational Sports, Firsts

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

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports, Believe

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• You play with your soul as well as your body.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Athlete, Play

  "Ironman champ: Train your brain, then your body" by Chrissie Wellington, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2012.

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• Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

  Ted Williams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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 played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

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• During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Mean

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

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

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• If at first you don't succeed, You're not an Alpha

  Lisi Harrison

  Success, Inspirational Sports, Firsts

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