Funny Inspirational Sports Quotes

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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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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Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Sports, Spiritual

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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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My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Carl Lewis

Basketball, Sports, Running

Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

Joe Namath

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

Inspirational, Funny, Life

"The Graduation Speech I'd Give, if Anyone Asked" by Karina Bland, www.azcentral.com. June 03, 2015.

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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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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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I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Sports, Nba

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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

William Arthur Ward

Motivational, Sports, Determination

William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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What's tough is being good every day.

Willie Mays

Inspirational, Sports, Game Day

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It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Faith, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2017

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NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

Satchel Paige

Baseball, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Sports

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I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Rogers Hornsby

Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Spring

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

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The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

Denis Waitley

Motivational, Positive, Success

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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Seneca the Younger

Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

"Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

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Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre or two of ground, where a person can suffer and die and rise again on six miles of trails through a New York City park. Sport is a theater where sinner can turn saint and a common man become an uncommon hero, where the past and the future can fuse with the present. Sport is singularly able to give us peak experiences where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.

George A. Sheehan

Sports, New York, Hero

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The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

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I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

Scotty Bowman

Sports, Hockey, Winning

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You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place.

James Lane Allen

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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