Best Athlete Quotes - Page 3

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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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• 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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• 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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  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

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• 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

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

  Lynn Jennings

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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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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• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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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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• 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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• 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

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

  Carl Lewis

  Motivational, Athlete, Journey

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

  Mike Cameron

  Sports, Years, Dumb

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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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• 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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• Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actually makes you look kind of pitiful, like some babbling old Tennessee Williams character with nothing else going on in her current life. What I’ve noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it’s so wonderfully fair.

  Mindy Kaling

  Girl, Funny Inspirational, Stars

  Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)”, p.31, Three Rivers Press

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• All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.

  Derrick Rose

  Athlete, Trying, Being The Best

  Source: espn.go.com

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• We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place.

  Otto Schily

  Athlete, Mean, Responsibility

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