Favorite Sports Quotes

• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

  Ross Perot

  Motivational, Strength, Success

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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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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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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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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• 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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• Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

  Bear Bryant

  Softball, Sports, Football

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• 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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• You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

  Bill Peterson

  Funny, Circles, Guy

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

  Laird Hamilton

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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• During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Mean

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

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• When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

  Steffi Graf

  Funny, Sports, Volleyball

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• I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

  John Daly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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• I run to see who has the most guts.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Sports, Running, Track

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• A tie is like kissing your sister.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Softball, Sports, Football

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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• Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

  Jesse Owens

  Motivational, Friendship, Running

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Positive, Graduation

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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  You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

  Pete Rose

  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

  Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

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  Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

  Satchel Paige

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Sports

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• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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