Athlete Quotes - Page 9

• You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

  Robin Yount

  Lifestyle, Difficult, Raising A Family

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• Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

  Bobby Hull

  Gratitude, Play, Missing

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• I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything

  Shannon Miller

  Needs, Ifs, Available

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• I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

  Gale Sayers

  Sports, Football, Determination

  Gale Sayers, Al Silverman (1972). “I Am Third”

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  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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Happiness, Baseball

  Yogi: It Ain't Over (1989)

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  Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

  George Halas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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• You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

  Jerry West

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

  Herschel Walker

  Motivational, Sports, Football

  Herschel Walker (1989). “Herschel Walker's Basic Training”, Main Street Books

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• Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Sports, Determination

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

  Mia Hamm

  Girl, Sports, Volleyball

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• Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

  Joe Paterno

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational Sports, Greatness, Influence And Power

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.

  Norman Ralph Augustine

  Artist, Schedules, Literature

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• If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

  Nastia Liukin

  Basketball, Sports, Gymnastics

  Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

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• When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

  Bob Gibson

  Sports, Men, Thinking

  "Distance" by Roger Angell, www.newyorker.com. September 22, 1980.

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• You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

  Faye Dunaway

  Tired

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• Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.

  Germaine Greer

  Spiritual, Pain, Soul

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• It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

  Jim Courier

  Self Worth, Self Respect, Riding

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• I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.

  Marion Jones

  Thinking, Years, Careers

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

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• Never put an age limit on your dreams.

  Dara Torres

  Inspirational, Sports, Dream

  "Dara Torres: Don’t put an age limit on your dreams" by Giovanni Castelli, optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com. June 22, 2017.

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