Sports Psychology Quotes - Page 3

• All I know is I have a job here as long as I win.

  Toe Blake

  Sports, Jobs, Winning

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• When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work. But the real foundation is faith. Faith - the idea that 'I can do it' - is the opposite of fear ('What if I fail?'). And faith creates motivation which in turn leads to commitment, hard work, preparation ... and eventually success.

  Howard Twilley

  Success, Faith, Motivation

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• When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Speech to United Negro College Fund, Indianapolis, Ind., 12 Apr. 1959

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• The only reward in this game is winning. It's no fun to practice; it's no fun to play and lose.

  Gerry DiNardo

  Sports, Fun, Winning

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• The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

  John Madden

  Sports, Player, Nfl

  John Madden, Dave Anderson (1985). “Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book”, Random House Inc

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• The smaller the detail the greater the value.

  Doug Johnson

  Sports, Psychology, Details

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• True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Sports, Psychology, Should

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• Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.

  Ogden Nash

  Sports, Clever, Psychology

  Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

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• A good garden may have some weeds.

  Thomas Fuller

  Motivational, Weed, Garden

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• Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

  Walter Alston

  Sports, Baseball, Psychology

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• If you can eliminate the yelling and listen to the message, there's a great message there.

  Joey Galloway

  Sports, Yelling, Psychology

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• You play to win the game.

  Herman Edwards

  Sports, Winning, Nfl Players

  News conference, Hempstead, N.Y., 30 Oct. 2002.

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• Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

  Jim Valvano

  Sports, Psychology, Answers

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• The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

  Bob Lemon

  Friendship, Sports, Baseball

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• Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

  Abe Lemons

  Motivational Sports, School, Doctors

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• If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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• The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Games

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

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  The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Sex, Player

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• You always catch the wrong players.

  Abe Lemons

  Sports, Player, Psychology

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• Once you're in the game and it's a part of your life, you never want to leave it. But you have to be committed to be able to travel and do the things you need to do to be successful in whatever role you're doing.

  Joe Sakic

  Travel, Commitment, Successful

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• To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore.

  Rocky Marciano

  Success, Sports, Commitment

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Winning

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• The most prepared are the most dedicated.

  Raymond Berry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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