Youth Sports Quotes

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

Mike Singletary

Inspirational, Sports, Football

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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bo Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

Paul McAllister

School, College, Coaching

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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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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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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Love, Inspirational, Life

Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

John Wooden

Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group

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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Pat Riley

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

Dave DeBusschere

Motivational, Basketball, Team

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Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better

John Wooden

Champion, Get Better, Complaining

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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 can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

Jerry West

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

Derek Jeter

Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

John Wooden

Basketball, Choices, Coaching

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What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

Dean Smith

Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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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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When you win, nothing hurts.

Joe Namath

Softball, Sports, Baseball

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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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One man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Herschel Walker

Motivational, Sports, Football

Herschel Walker (1989). “Herschel Walker's Basic Training”, Main Street Books

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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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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Rick Pitino

Basketball, Sports, Nba

Rick Pitino (1997). “Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life”, Broadway

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If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

Nastia Liukin

Basketball, Sports, Athlete

Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

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