Sports Quotes - Page 22

• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Determination

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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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, Meaningful, Football

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• Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there is always something you can improve. [Y]ou have to put in a lot of sacrifice and effort for sometimes little reward but you have to know that, if you put in the right effort, the reward will come.

  Roger Federer

  Inspirational, Work, Sacrifice

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• Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.

  Paul Tournier

  Positive, Confidence, Motivation

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• Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

  Bobby Unser

  Success, Opportunity, Fda

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• 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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• Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

  Billie Jean King

  Success, Character, Winning

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 02, 2010

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• Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

  George Halas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

  Heywood Broun

  Inspirational, Baseball, Athlete

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

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• There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Basketball, Commitment

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

  Mike Ditka

  Motivational, Athlete, Winning

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

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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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• Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• Sport, at its best, at its most human, is able to inspire an innocence and joy that is unique to each of us.

  Richard J. Corman

  Success, Athlete, Unique

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• It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

  Floyd Patterson

  Men, Mma, African American

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• Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.

  Bob Cousy

  Success, Athlete, Discipline

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  I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Perseverance, Determination, Athlete

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• When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

  Noureddine Morceli

  Motivational, Faith, Running

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• The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

  Jean-Claude Killy

  Leadership, Volleyball, Champion

  Jean Claude Killy, Michael Halstead (1978). “Situation Skiing”, Doubleday Books

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• A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the first person plural. We. We want to conquer. We are going to conquer. Using the word I when you're in a group makes things complicated.

  Vanderlei Luxemburgo

  Player, Squad, Groups

  "The Brazilians are coming... to Wales and England" by Brian Homewood, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2000.

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• Now there are two or three teams who are very ethical in their outlook who have opened up the economic benefits and that is probably going to be a turning point in the sport.

  David Millar

  Team, Two, Three

  "Hard ride to redemption for one man and his sport" by William Fotheringham, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2008.

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• Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.

  J. R. Martinez

  Running, Serious, Jokes

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• Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.

  Jack Markell

  Law, East, States

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• Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

  Barry Zito

  League, Defense, Bigs

  "Barry Zito Visits Athletics Nation". Interview with Tyler Bleszinski, www.athleticsnation.com. March 29, 2005.

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