Inspiring Athlete Quotes

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.

Jesse Ventura

Inspirational Sports, Wrestling, Winning

Jesse Ventura (2008). “Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!: From the Minnesota Governor's Mansion to the Baja Outback : Reflections and Revisionings”, Skyhorse Publishing Company Incorporated

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Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

Michael Phelps

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

Pat Riley

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

Lolo Jones

Motivational Sports, Hard Work, Athlete

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You have to train your mind like you train your body.

Bruce Jenner

Motivational, Inspirational Sports, Athlete

"The Brain-Training Secrets Of Olympic Athletes" By Carolyn Gregoire, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 11, 2014.

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Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

Brett Favre

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

"Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

Clara Hughes

Dream, Athlete, Infinite Possibilities

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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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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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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Jackie Robinson

Inspirational, Life, Basketball

"I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson". Book by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett, 1972.

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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 can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Michael Phelps

Inspirational, Sports, Dream

FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012

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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Arnold Palmer

Inspirational, Sports, Hard Work

FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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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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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

Babe Ruth

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

Tommy Lasorda

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

Mia Hamm

Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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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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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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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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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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Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Billie Jean King

Inspirational, Sports, Running

Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Tom Landry

Inspirational, Inspiring, Sports

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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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