Inspirational Sports Quotes - Page 5

• The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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  Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine! Softball is amazing that way as a sport. Everyone on the field has a slightly different ability that makes them perfect for their position.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Sports, Perfect

  "How Jennie Finch Stays in Pro-Athlete Form". Interview with Jené Luciani, www.shape.com. March 14, 2012.

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• If we can't help our family, who are we going to help?

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Sports, Helping

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• What's tough is being good every day.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Sports, Game Day

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• You've got to have dreams to keep you going.

  Steve Waugh

  Sports, Dream, Goal

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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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• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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• The difference between a winner and a loser is, many times, a matter of inches. If you think you can do it, most of the time you'll do it.

  Nancy Lieberman

  Sports, Thinking, Differences

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• Always believe in yourself and never give up because you don't know what success could be right around the corner.

  Jamie Hampton

  Sports, Giving Up, Believe

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• We forget that the nineteenth century often turned work into sport. We, in contrast, often turn sport into work.

  Geoffrey Blainey

  Sports, Forget, Century

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• If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

  Dick Vermeil

  Inspirational, Sports, Hurt

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

  Willie Mays

  Sports, Baseball, African American

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• I am blessed to have been born in Australia where water sports are loved and swimmers are revered.

  Shane Gould

  Sports, Blessed, Australia

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• Surfers are in tune with the weather because if there's a storm coming, there are waves coming. I love the rain.

  Stephanie Gilmore

  Sports, Rain, Weather

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  There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

  Derek Jeter

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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• The ocean humbles you. You can go and win a world title, but you're never going to beat the ocean.

  Stephanie Gilmore

  Sports, Nature, Ocean

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• The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to give the public my interpretation of its character in the same way that a pianist might interpret the works of Beethoven.

  Donald Bradman

  Sports, Character, Games

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• But the tricks I use are ones that will hopefully benefit the team.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Sports, Team

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• I cannot consider fighting in competitive Manly Fun any more than I can consider pitting my running, swimming or climbing body against other bodies. Nothing, then, or now, arouses me or will ever arouse me from a perfect disinterest in ball games.

  Hal Porter

  Sports, Running, Fun

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• I think it's just really made me appreciate life more. I've known people die before that and I was really rattled by it but when it hit so close to home ... it was just so different. I just thought about what I really wanted to do. I want to be a pro surfer and that's what I'm going to do.

  Mick Fanning

  Sports, Home, Thinking

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• I wouldn't have been what you'd call a champion if I had accepted failure when it first came, if I had looked at it and said, 'Well, that's it.'

  Shirley Strickland

  Sports, Champion, Firsts

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• I've always had a determination to perfect whatever I'm doing. If I can't do something, I work on it until I figure it out.

  Stephanie Gilmore

  Sports, Determination, Perfect

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• Fear - It's a fine line between that and pushing yourself. You definitely reach new heights when you push. But fear is good. Fear keeps us alive. If we didn't have it, we'd be doing crazy things and getting in sticky situations.

  Stephanie Gilmore

  Sports, Crazy, Alive

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• Waves are fascinating, the way they are created by wind far out at sea and groomed by different winds as they come closer to shore. We surfers ride the very last part of the wave's life before it crashes and disappears, never to be seen again.

  Stephanie Gilmore

  Sports, Wind, Sea

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