Great Athlete Quotes

• If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

  Carl Lewis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

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• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Greatness

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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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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  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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  I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Determination

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

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

  Sugar Ray Robinson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

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• You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

  Herb Brooks

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

  Serena Williams

  Positive, Sports, Believe

  "Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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• Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

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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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• I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Dance, Sports

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

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

  Bruce Jenner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

  Joe Paterno

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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

  Joe Namath

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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