Awesome Sports Quotes - Page 2

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

Pat Riley

Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.

Eddie Reese

Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Dan Gable

Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phil Jackson

Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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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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It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

Bear Bryant

Inspirational, Sports, Meaningful

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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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If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

Mark Spitz

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

Don Zimmer

Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

George Halas

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Arnold Palmer

Inspirational, Sports, Hard Work

FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Love, Inspirational, Life

Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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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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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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

Pele

Sports, Inspiration, Athlete

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You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

Homer Rice

Motivational, Inspiring, Teamwork

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There is no such thing as life in-between.

Pat Riley

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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One man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Lou Brock

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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