Best 72 quotes in «motivational sports quotes» category

All sports are games of inches.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.

A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself.

Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

He who stops being better stops being good.

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.

If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

I think all of us create our own miracles.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

Just do what you do best.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Losing is the great American sin.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Nobody's more important than the team.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.

Sport is a preserver of health.

On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

The future is much like the present, only longer.