Motivational Inspirational Sports Quotes - Page 5

• Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.

  Jack LaLanne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Jack LaLanne Dies: Who the Fitness Guru Really Was" by John Robbins, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2011.

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• The more I practice, the luckier I get.

  Jerry Barber

  Sports, Volleyball, Golf

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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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• I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

  Bruce Jenner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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  It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Meaningful

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• 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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• It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, 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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• 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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• I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Golf

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• To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

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  Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

  Babe Ruth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

  Carl Lewis

  Basketball, Sports, Running

  Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

  Stevie Wonder

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• What's tough is being good every day.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Sports, Game Day

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• Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

  James Naismith

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Sports, Fun, Athlete

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• I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Lou Holtz (1990). “The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame”

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• Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Sports, Baseball, Spring

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

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• Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Sports, Accomplishment

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• We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sarcastic, Sports, Football

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• A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

  Mickey Mantle

  Teamwork, Sports, Baseball

  Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.90, U of Nebraska Press

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