Best Athlete Quotes

• 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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  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

  98 Copy quote

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

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

  75 Copy quote

• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

  Lynn Jennings

  Motivational, Sports, Running

  51 Copy quote
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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

  55 Copy quote

• 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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  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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  Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Motivational, Sports, Congratulations

  119 Copy quote

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

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  66 Copy quote

• What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

  Andre Agassi

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Sports

  Twitter post from Jan 25, 2016

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  I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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• I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

  Carl Everett

  Sports, Dumb, Say Anything

  "10 Ratchet MLB Player Retirements That Kenny Powers Should Put to Shame" by Jose Martinez, www.complex.com. September 29, 2013.

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• The sun has been there for 500, 600 years.

  Mike Cameron

  Sports, Years, Dumb

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

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

  Joe Theismann

  Funny, Sports, Football

  "Conrad Smith sees USA challenge in all black and white: it's about the win" by Alexander Bisley, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2014.

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• It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

  Carl Lewis

  Motivational, Athlete, Journey

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• If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

  Michael Owen

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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• A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  38 Copy quote