Sports Quotes - Page 3

• Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Determination, Fighting

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 10, 2014

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  The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

  Babe Ruth

  Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

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

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• Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Motivational, Baseball

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  Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

  Arnold Palmer

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Adversity

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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• I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Nba, Games

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  Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

  Babe Ruth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

  Winston Churchill

  Motivational, Leadership, Beautiful

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• Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.

  Phil Crosby

  Jobs, Coaching, Persons

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• Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.

  Alec Douglas-Home

  Rain, Heaven, Cricket

  Quoted in Helen Exley Cricket Quotations (1992).

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• The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important, where you would put it.

  Roger Bannister

  Essence, Important, Matter

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• If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

  Randall "Tex" Cobb

  Boxing, Tennis, Screw Ups

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• Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Encouragement, Character

  Joeseph Valerio, Marv Levy (2014). “Second to None: The Relentless Drive and the Impossible Dream of the Super Bowl Bills”, p.15, Triumph Books

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• The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Success, Baseball, Strong Women

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• It's not bragging if you can back it up.

  Muhammad Ali

  Fighting, Greatness, Boxing

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2011

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• The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

  Ben Hogan

  Golf, Needs, Daylight

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• A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

  Mickey Mantle

  Teamwork, Baseball, Athlete

  Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.90, U of Nebraska Press

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• If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

  Tom Landry

  Motivational, Jobs, Nfl

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• Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

  James Naismith

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.

  Kathrine Switzer

  Faith, Running, Endurance

  "This Inspiring, Blind Young Man Is Running the NYC Marathon to Save Lives" by Sibylle Eschapasse, www.theepochtimes.com. October 29, 2015.

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• I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Swimming, Impossible

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• How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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