Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 28

• I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Swimming, Race

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• I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go.

  Katie Hoff

  Motivational, Athlete, Swimming

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• Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

  Bobby Knight

  Sports, Needs, Done

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• Not many people understand what a pump is. It must be experienced to be understood. It is the greatest feeling that I get. I search for this pump because it means that that my muscles will grow when I get it. I get a pump when the blood is running into my muscles. They become really tight with blood. Like the skin is going to explode any minute. It's like someone putting air in my muscles. It blows up. It feels fantastic.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Sports, Running

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• I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can.... There a few of them ... DMX Party Up ... Mack 10 BC and Ice Cube Connected for Life. I also listen to the Eminem CD ...whichever song really gets me going that night

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Song

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• Most of the preparedness happens during training every single day, so it's all about getting to a meet and being as relaxed as possible. Personally, I just try to stay in the crowd of people, just talking so my mind doesn't think only about swimming. That helps me to relax. And at this level, we all know what needs to be done once we jump in the pool

  Lenny Krayzelburg

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

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• I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Rap

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• Everyone who has been to an Olympics says expect the unexpected. That kind of psychology games does go on, so I'm kind of expecting things to happen but I don't know who from. I think it's kind of silly but I'm prepared for it. I'd probably just laugh it off because it means that they are afraid of racing me, so it's like a huge compliment

  Libby Trickett

  Motivational, Sports, Silly

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• I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm lucky to be that way

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

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• I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.

  Leisel Jones

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

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• Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

  Bill Bradley

  Basketball, Sports, Baseball

  Bill Bradley (2010). “Life on the Run”, p.216, RosettaBooks

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• Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

  Chuck Noll

  Sports, Winning, Games

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• Inches make a champion.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Champion

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• Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

  Don Francis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Nobody's more important than the team.

  Rejean Houle

  Teamwork, Athlete, Hockey

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• When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

  Bill Shoemaker

  Motivational, Sports, Funny Inspirational

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• What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

  Greg Maddux

  Athlete, Pitching, Happens

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• I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

  Orel Hershiser

  Sports, Perseverance, Giving Up

  Orel Hershiser (1990). “Out of the Blue”, Jove Books

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• I love the game. It's fun to play, period. I love running around and getting sweaty. I love trying to lead my team. I love facing the challenge of another team that's better.

  Jamila Wideman

  Success, Sports, Running

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• Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing that it was the time and the effort you invested that led to your high achievement.

  Nicole Haislett

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and attack the challenge head on is only about us-no one can touch that. If we win or lose this weekend, it will not make a difference in our lives. But why we play and how we play will make a difference in our lives forever.

  Beth Anders

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

  Amy Ruley

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.

  Dot Richardson

  Success, Sports, Team

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• If there is a mutual respect between players and coaches, that keeps the team honest and makes for a very healthy environment which in turn promotes other important qualities such as work ethic, integrity and a positive atmosphere for competing and winning.

  Jillian Ellis

  Success, Sports, Integrity

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• On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.

  Red Holzman

  Basketball, Team, Athlete

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