Motivational Inspirational Sports Quotes - Page 2

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

Dean Smith

Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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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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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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Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

Lynn Jennings

Motivational, Sports, Running

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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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Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

Alan Armstrong

Sports, Running, Athlete

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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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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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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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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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Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

Matt Biondi

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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

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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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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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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

William Arthur Ward

Motivational, Sports, Determination

William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.

Picabo Street

Motivational, Sports, Determination

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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

Venus Williams

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

Arnold Palmer

Funny, Sports, Golf

FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

William James

Running, Dream, Inspirational Sports

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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Joe Paterno

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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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 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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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

Serena Williams

Positive, Sports, Believe

"Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Jack Dempsey

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Quoted in Esquire, Nov. 1962

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