Great Athletic Quotes

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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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Knute Rockne

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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'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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To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Tony Dorsett

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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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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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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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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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Love, Inspirational, Life

Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

Evander Holyfield

Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

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Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

Martina Navratilova

Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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

Joe Namath

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Pele

Sports, Inspiration, Athlete

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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Muhammad Ali

Motivational, Success, Dance

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 17, 2014

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

Babe Ruth

Teamwork, Business, Play

"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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Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead

Roger Bannister

Sports, Doctors, Track

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A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

Ara Parseghian

Motivational, Sports, Teamwork

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