95 Greatest Sports Quotes Inspirational For Winning

95 Greatest Sports Quotes Inspirational For Winning

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’. – Muhammed Ali

“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” – Bruce Jenner

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”– Lou Holtz

“You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” – Mike Ditka

“To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift.” – Steve Prefontaine

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton

“You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” – Mike Ditka

“Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown

“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters – Michael Owen

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” – Dean Karnazes

“In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” – Tommy Lasorda

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” – Mike Singletary

Winners never quit and quitters never win. Sports do not build character. They reveal it. – Heywood BrounYou 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

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” – John Wooden

“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.” – Ross Perot

Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. – Unknown

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

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton

“Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” – Dean Karnazes

“If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.” – Mario Andretti

“There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.” – Pat Riley

“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.” – Phil Jackson

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda

“Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.” – Pele

“I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that’s true for a lot of women—sports gives you a part of your life where you can work at something and you look in the mirror and you like that person.”  – Teri McKeever

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” – Hank Aaron

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

“I’d like to thank everyone who voted for me. And the one guy who didn’t vote for me, thank you, too.” – Shaquille O’Neal

Sports Quotes Inspirational For Winning

Even when you’ve played the game of your life, it’s the feeling of teamwork that you’ll remember. You’ll forget the plays, the shots, and the scores, but you’ll never forget your teammates. – Deborah Miller Palmore

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.” – Satchel Paige

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

“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” – Jerry West

“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.” – Jim Valvano

“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan

“It’s not the will to win that matters — everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant

“When I race my mind is full of doubts – who will finish second, who will finish third?” – Noureddine Morceli

“Good is not good when better is expected.” – Vin Scully

“What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith

“You might not be able to outthink, out market or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.” – Lou Holtz

Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown – Ross Perot

“To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift.” – Steve Prefontaine

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. – John Wooden

It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters. – Paul  Bryant

“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath

“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” – Muhammad Ali

“The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.” – Eddie Reese

“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey

“The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” – Bobby Knight

“You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.” – Larry Brown

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. – Vince Lombardi

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”  “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” – Babe Ruth

You don’t always get what you wish for, you get what you work for.

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali

“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” -Mike Singletary

There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory… – Unknown

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“It’s all about the journey, not the outcome.” – Carl Lewis

“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks

“Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears.” – Bobby Jones

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”— Vince Lombardi

“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” – Jerry Rice

“I don’t count my situps. I only start counting once it starts hurting. ” -Muhammad Ali

“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

“The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” – Steve Young

Sports Quotes Inspirational For Winning

“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”– Dan Gable

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Matt Biondi

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

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

“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”– Wayne Gretzky – Sports Quotes Inspirational For Winning

“Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don’t rush. Be quick, but don’t hurry.” – Earl Monroe

“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” – Wayne Gretzky

“If a team wants to intimidate you physically and you let them, they’ve won.” – Mia Hamm

“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.” – Mark Spitz

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”   – Michael Jordan

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. – Lou Holtz

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” – Lou Holtz

“Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.”– Brett Favre

“Today, you have 100% of your life left.” – Tom Landry

“It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.” – Mia Hamm

“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”– Joe Paterno

“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.” – Andre Agassi

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” – William James

“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath

“When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.” – Bill Shoemaker

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