Inspirational Sports Quotes - Page 10

• Maybe they hate me because I'm too good!

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Soccer, Sports

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

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• I don't care how good you play, you can find somebody who can beat you, and I don't care how bad you play, you can find somebody you can beat.

  Harvey Penick

  Sports, Volleyball, Play

  Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake (2015). “The Wisdom of Harvey Penick”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• You must have a training routine so that what you do happens automatically. If I got up in the morning and thought about going for a run there would often be a number of possible arguments against it. The thing is to get out and run. Later you can wonder whether you should have or not.

  Robert de Castella

  Running, Morning, Often Is

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• I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said a silent prayer of thanks to God... I had at last achieved something I'd wanted for so long... My insides bubbled with happiness. It was a dream come true.

  Cathy Freeman

  Sports, Dream, Gratitude

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• You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Running, Winning, Thinking

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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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• There's no substitute for guts.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out.

  Apolo Ohno

  Sports, Regret, Cancer

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• I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you don't give up.

  Bart Cummings

  Sports, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

  "Bart Cummings was to horse racing what Sir Donald Bradman was to cricket" by Scott Heinrich, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2015.

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• Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.

  Jim Abbott

  Sports, Heart, Something You Love

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• Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

  Barry Humphries

  Sports, Pursuit, Dangerous

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• I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.

  Marion Jones

  Sports, Track, Ifs

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• Losing's a great motivator.

  Yogi Berra

  Sports, Losing

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• Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, 'You're never going to make it.' I appreciated their honesty, because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation.

  Mike Piazza

  Inspirational, Sports, Baseball

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• It's okay to lose; just don't lose the lesson.

  George Lucas

  Sports, Lessons, Okay

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• Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

  Greg LeMond

  Sports, Cycling, Racing

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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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• The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.

  Betty Cuthbert

  Sports, Stars, Winning

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

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• If you cut corners you just keep on going in circles.

  Grant Stoelwinder

  Sports, Cutting, Circles

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• Sport is a passion and out of passion comes love. No point trying to work out why some become heroes and others don't. The chosen ones just go into the pantheon and refuse to fade. Think of Bradman and Les Darcy, Phar Lap and Tommy Corrigan.

  Les Carlyon

  Sports, Hero, Passion

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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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• It feels good to show some courage.

  Joe Namath

  Volleyball, Perseverance, Feel Good

  Joe Namath (1987). “Football for Young Players and Parents”, Fireside

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• The potential for greatness lives within us all.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Athlete, Greatness, Influence And Power

  "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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• I stare out the window and wait for spring.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Spring, Winter

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

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• For me Sir Alex was my father in football. He was crucial in my career and, outside football, was a great human being with me. Talent isn't everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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