Athlete Quotes - Page 11

• To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

  Sugar Ray Robinson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The man who has no imagination has no wings.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Dec 05, 2010

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  You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Sports, Nursing

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• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• 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.

  Bruce Jenner

  Inspirational, Strength, Motivational Sports

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• Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Esquire, Nov. 1962

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• If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

  Joe Namath

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Sports, Dream

  FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012

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• I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

  Gordie Howe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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  There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

  Derek Jeter

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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• Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Hurt, Too Much, Different

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• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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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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• I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

  Al McGuire

  Sports, Country, Silly

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• I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Sports, Volleyball, Player

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• I most certainly believe that when you're an athlete, that really translates to all sports. You just understand it, your body understands it, and your mind understands it. And you just - it just clicks. I've found that happening when I play other sports. I've seen it, like when I've hit the ball with other professional athletes, and you can see they're just learning so quickly. It's just something that's in their blood. So I think it was in my parents' blood and they understood.

  Venus Williams

  Sports, Believe, Thinking

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• The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together.

  Lisa Fernandez

  Inspirational, Softball, Sports

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• Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.

  Jeff Galloway

  Running, Mind, Age

  Jeff Galloway (1984). “Galloway's Book on Running”

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• As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.

  Magic Johnson

  Common, Injury, Understood

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

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• The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

  Bruce Lee

  Strong, Power, Men

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned.

  Johnny Weir

  Gay, Thinking, Political

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• What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint.

  Lance Armstrong

  Running, Suffering, Endurance

  Lance Armstrong (2012). “It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life”, p.18, Random House

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