Sports Psychology Quotes

• 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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  Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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  I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

  Hope Solo

  Thinking, Personality, Stronger

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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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• Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils

  Tommy Lasorda

  Sports, Mistake, Psychology

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• Work hard to make things easier.

  Pete Carril

  Sports, Hard Work, Psychology

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• The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

  Don Shula

  Wrestling, Men, Inferiority

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• Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

  Branch Rickey

  Sports, Opportunity, Psychology

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• Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Sports, Spiritual

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• Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

  Mike Singletary

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Earl gave me his version of what happened and asked me not to suspend the umpires.

  Lee MacPhail

  Sports, Umpires, Psychology

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• You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

  Darrell Johnson

  Sports, Psychology, Together

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• Quick guys get tired; big guys don't shrink.

  Marv Harshman

  Sports, Tired, Guy

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• My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.

  Bill Parcells

  Sports, Average, Expectations

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• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'

  Earl Weaver

  Sports, Games, Psychology

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• Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

  Henry Iba

  Sports, Race, Psychology

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• There is no such thing as a successful defense.

  George S. Patton

  Sports, Successful, Psychology

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• Think and then act. Never act and then alibi.

  Henry Iba

  Sports, Thinking, Psychology

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• Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

  Ernie Harwell

  Sports, Book, Guy

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• Letting him manage in the major leagues is like sending Bo Derek through cellblock A without a bodyguard.

  Bill James

  Sports, League, Psychology

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• It's like you came to a controversy and a ball game breaks out.

  Matt Keough

  Sports, Games, Psychology

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• If you approach Billy Martin right, he's Okay. I avoid him altogether.

  Ron Guidry

  Sports, Psychology, Okay

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• There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

  Gene Mauch

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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• Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.

  Lou Holtz

  Sports, Fall, Reality

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