Sports Stars Quotes

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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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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Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

Jerry Rice

Motivational, Success, Sports

"Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

Evander Holyfield

Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

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The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Pele

Sports, Inspiration, Athlete

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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

John Wooden

Basketball, Beautiful, God

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Babe Ruth

Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

"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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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Tom Landry

Inspirational, Inspiring, Sports

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Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Dan Gable

Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.

Chuck Nevitt

Funny, Sports, Baby

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There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

Tommy Lasorda

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

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

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If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

Ben Hogan

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

Joe Theismann

Funny, Sports, Football

"Conrad Smith sees USA challenge in all black and white: it's about the win" by Alexander Bisley, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2014.

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Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.

Russell Wilson

Sports, Baseball, Football

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Rock stars are like sports stars: If you snap your ankle, you're done.

Dave Grohl

Sports, Stars, Rocks

Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

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While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area.

Jerry B. Jenkins

Sports, Stars, Book

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Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.

Mark Wahlberg

Sports, Stars, Woods

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In my life, I've been a movie star, a rock star, and a sports star, all wrapped up into one-and worked harder at it than anybody else.

Ric Flair

Life, Sports, Stars

Ric Flair (2010). “Ric Flair: To Be the Man”, p.471, Simon and Schuster

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