Motivational Wrestling Quotes - Page 2

• I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

  Socrates

  Sports, Wrestling, Average

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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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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• Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wrestling

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgement.

  Hugh Leonard

  Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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• The sport of wrestling is a tremendous builder of the values and characteristics which are needed to succeed in any walk of life. Much of what I have managed to achieve in life I owe directly to the years I spent in the wrestling room, as an athlete and a coach. Wrestling is a great educational tool.

  Dennis Hastert

  Sports, Education, Athlete

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• Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.

  Evan Esar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Evan Esar (1961). “Humorous English: a guide to comic usage, jocular speech and writing, and witty grammar”

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• The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat.

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Practice, Ncaa

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• Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it's still there.

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Might, Way

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Tattoo

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• Repeated actions are stored as habits. If the repeated actions aren't fundamentally sound, then what comes out in a game can't be sound. What comes out will be bad habits.

  Chuck Knox

  Wrestling, Games, Sound

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• More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Wrestling, Pride

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• Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.

  Dan Gable

  Basketball, Wrestling, Boys

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• Confidence comes from being prepared.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2005). “Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Succeed, Failing

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• I will either find a way or make one.

  Hannibal

  Inspirational, Change, Success

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• Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

  Heywood Broun

  Inspirational, Sports, Baseball

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

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Sports

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

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• Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim -- but there's always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Baseball, Football

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• I shall either find a way, or make one (attributed)

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Tattoo

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• Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Courage, Badass, Military

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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