Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 36

• There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Profound

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Loss, Giving

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Player

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.29, B&H Publishing Group

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• In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

  Lennox Lewis

  Sports, Creating, Boxing

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Thinking

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  You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Sports, Motivation

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

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• Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Body, Flesh And Blood

  1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'Higher Laws'.

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• When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

  Jack Dempsey

  Motivational, Sports, Food

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• If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.

  William Shakespeare

  Sports, Work, Holiday

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [226]

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• Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Running, Teaching

  John Wooden, Swen Nater (2006). “John Wooden's UCLA Offense”, p.93, Human Kinetics

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• Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

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• What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Bodybuilding, Earth

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• Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Fighting, Hands

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• The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.

  Thomas Hearns

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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• Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

  Billie Jean King

  Leadership, Sports, Dedication

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• Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Success, Sports, Team

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• The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

  Denis Waitley

  Life, Sports, Giving

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• Politics is a blood sport.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Sports, Blood, Politics

  Quoted in Jennie Lee My Life with Nye (1980).

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• I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

  Don Shula

  Motivational, Sports, Nfl

  Don Shula (1995). “Everyone's a Coach: You Can Inspire Anyone to be a Winner”, Zondervan

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• Falling and getting back up is what brings you success.

  Tony Horton

  Motivational, Sports, Fall

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  BLOOD, SWEAT & RESPECT. First two you GIVE. Last one you EARN.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Motivational, Sports, Blood

  Twitter post from Jul 9, 2012

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• I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Parents have to take better control.

  Charles Barkley

  Mom, Sports, Growing Up

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• When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes.

  Don Drysdale

  Sports, Screw Ups, World

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• Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of a crowd that feels the same way as you, or the sense of security that you get when you see that your defenders and goalkeeper are more or less where they should be, all that is left is naked fear.

  Nick Hornby

  Sports, Football, Games

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• Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.

  Kerri Walsh

  Sports, Fitness, Cheerleading

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