Greatest Athlete Quotes

• I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.

  Kobe Bryant

  Team, Athlete, Numbers

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

  Matt Biondi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Dance, Sports

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• The principle is competing against yourself.

  Steve Young

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

  Homer Rice

  Motivational, Inspiring, Teamwork

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• The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

  Steve Young

  Motivational, Change, Sports

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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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• 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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• 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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• Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.

  Ross Perot

  Inspirational, Success, Motivational Sports

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• Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to.

  Venus Williams

  Sports, Attitude, Athlete

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

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• I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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  My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

  Hank Aaron

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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

  Carl Lewis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

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• Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

  Ted Williams

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Sports

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

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