Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 6

• If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

  Ronnie Lott

  Graduation, Sports, Football

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• I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.

  Jonny Wilkinson

  Sports, Team, Play

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• People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows

  Ian Thorpe

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

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• Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

  Greg LeMond

  Sports, Cycling, Racing

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• Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Team, Commitment

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• Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

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• The most important thing about winning is believing that you can win no matter who you are playing.

  Lawrence Dallaglio

  Sports, Football, Believe

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• I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

  Scotty Bowman

  Sports, Hockey, Winning

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• You've never heard of them- and you never will .

  John Wooden

  Sports, Coaching, Heard

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• When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Pride, Coaching

  LeRoy Paige, Satchel Paige (1993). “Maybe I'll Pitch Forever”, p.278, U of Nebraska Press

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• The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

  George P. Shultz

  Softball, Sports, Volleyball

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• Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.

  Bart Starr

  Sports, Volleyball, Team

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• There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

  Nick Saban

  Sports, Focus, Progress

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• When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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

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• I never drop a player I only make changes.

  Bill Shankly

  Sports, Player, Coaching

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• In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

  Hayden Fry

  Sports, Football, Games

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• Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

  Bill Walton

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer intensity.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, Golf, Emotional

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• I'll always be Number 1 to myself.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Sports, Hockey

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• You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Sports, Powerful

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Sports, Dream

  FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012

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  We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

  Jesse Owens

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

  Joe Namath

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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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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• Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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