Athletic Inspirational Quotes - Page 2

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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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bo Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Tony Dorsett

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

President Robert Robbins' Installation Speech, president.arizona.edu. November 29, 2017.

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I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Tom Landry

Inspirational, Inspiring, Sports

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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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Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

Laird Hamilton

Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

Ara Parseghian

Motivational, Sports, Teamwork

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It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

Sandy Lyle

Sports, Funny Inspirational, Golf

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The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

Wayne Gretzky

Motivational, Sports, Dog

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The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

Steve Young

Motivational, Change, Sports

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The principle is competing against yourself.

Steve Young

Motivational, Sports, Football

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The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

Denis Waitley

Motivational, Positive, Success

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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

Motivational, Sports, Determination

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The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

Ken Doherty

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

Jim Valvano

Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Lance Armstrong

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

"It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Babe Ruth

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Mike Singletary

Inspirational, Sports, Football

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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Knute Rockne

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

Evander Holyfield

Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

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