Awesome Sports Quotes

• Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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  What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

  Dean Smith

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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

  Nastia Liukin

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

  Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

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  A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Sports, Athlete, Hockey

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• The principle is competing against yourself.

  Steve Young

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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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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• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• You're never a loser until you quit trying.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Sports, Baseball, Spring

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

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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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• 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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• You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

  Serena Williams

  Positive, Sports, Believe

  "Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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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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  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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• One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

  Pele

  Sports, Inspiration, Athlete

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• If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

  Ben Hogan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• You can't put a limit anything.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Cheerleading, Athlete

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• What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.29, B&H Publishing Group

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• The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Block

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