Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 3

• 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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  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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• 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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• Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Blessed, People

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• The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

  Ernie Banks

  Sports, Athlete, Adversity

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

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• When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "The Playboy Interview: Sports Gods". Interview with Mark Vancil, reprints.longform.org. May, 1992.

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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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• The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

  John Madden

  Sports, Player, Nfl

  John Madden, Dave Anderson (1985). “Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book”, Random House Inc

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• The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.

  Eddie Reese

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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• Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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• When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.

  Dan Gable

  Motivational, Sports, Tired

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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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• During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Mean

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

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  I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

  Peyton Manning

  Motivational, Inspiring, Sports

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• Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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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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• Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

  Babe Ruth

  Hero, Athlete, Legends

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• Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.

  Bill Bowerman

  Motivational, Sports, Inspiration

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• Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Doctors, Track

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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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• 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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• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• Football is like life and I know life.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Football, Knows

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