Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 2

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  I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Determination

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• The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

  Ken Doherty

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated

  Emmitt Smith

  Sports, Winning, Competition

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• Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.

  Tim Noakes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

  Herb Brooks

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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 must do the things you think you cannot do.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  You Learn by Living ch. 2 (1960)

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• Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

  Knute Rockne

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

  George S. Patton

  Motivational, Business, Military

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• Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Careers

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Love Is

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• The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Running, Volleyball

  "El Guerrouj digs deep for long-awaited gold" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2004.

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• You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Attitude, Winning

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• Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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  Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

  George Edward Woodberry

  Inspirational, Success, Peace

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  Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

  Joe Paterno

  Sports, Loyalty, Running

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• Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.

  Tiger Woods

  Sports, Children, Fun

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• Football is like life and I know life.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Football, Knows

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• Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Jobs, Business

  Vince Lombardi (2014). “Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Vince Lombardi, George L. Flynn (1973). “Vince Lombardi on football”

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• A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.88, B&H Publishing Group

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• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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  Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.148, ReadHowYouWant.com

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