quotes about Motivational Sports
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
-- Abe Lemons -
I really lack the words to compliment myself today.
-- Alberto Tomba -
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
-- Alexander the Great -
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
-- Alexis CarrelSource : Alexis Carrel (1939). “Man the Unknown”
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If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.
-- Andre Agassi -
Politics is a blood sport.
-- Aneurin BevanSource : Quoted in Jennie Lee My Life with Nye (1980).
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I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
-- Arnold Palmer -
Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.
-- Arnold SchwarzeneggerSource : "Schwarzenegger elected governor, Oct. 7, 2003" by Andrew Glass, www.politico.com. October 7, 2009.
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The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
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Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
I'll be back always sounded a little girly to me.
-- Arnold Schwarzenegger -
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
-- Arthur Ashe -
Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.
-- Babe Didrikson Zaharias -
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Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
-- Babe RuthSource : Babe Ruth, Bob Considine (1948). “The Babe Ruth story as told to Bob Considine: with 49 photos”
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The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
-- Bill Russell -
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
-- Billie Jean KingSource : "The New Edge in Sports Performance and Results" by Howard Falco, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2015.
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Every passion has its destiny.
-- Billy MillsSource : "Believe, Believe, Believe: Billy Mills' Own Story - from Desperation to Winning Gold". Interview with Duncan Larkin, www.takethemagicstep.com. May 28, 2010.
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You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.
-- Bjorn Borg -
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
-- Bruce Jenner -
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
-- Bruce Lee -
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The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
-- Bruce Lee -
Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.
-- Bruce Pearl -
Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.
-- Bum PhillipsSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
-- Calvin CoolidgeSource : Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”
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Channel your energy. Focus.
-- Carl LewisSource : Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside
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A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
-- Chuck NollSource : "Chuck Noll, Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers coach, dies at 82", www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2014.
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I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best
-- Cristiano Ronaldo -
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
-- Dan Quisenberry -
It ain't what you eat but how you chew it.
-- Delbert McClinton -
I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.
-- Diana Nyad -
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I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
-- Don ShulaSource : Don Shula (1995). “Everyone's a Coach: You Can Inspire Anyone to be a Winner”, Zondervan
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One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
-- Don ShulaSource : Don Shula (1995). “Everyone's a Coach: You Can Inspire Anyone to be a Winner”, Zondervan
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
-- Douglas MacArthur -
Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.
-- Earl Campbell -
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A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
-- Earl Wilson -
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
-- Emo Philips -
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
-- George Edward Woodberry -
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Ain't no chance if you dont take it.
-- Guy ClarkSource : Song: Picasso's Mandolin, Album: Boats to Build, 1992
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Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
-- Henry David Thoreau -
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
-- Henry J. KaiserSource : "The Reader's Digest" by DeWitt Wallace, Lila Acheson Wallace, Vol. 56, p. 18, January 1950.
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It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.
-- Homer H. Norton -
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
-- Ilie Nastase -
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
-- Irving Berlin -
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.
-- James A. Baldwin -
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You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place.
-- James Lane Allen -
In the 8th inning you can't hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust.
-- Jim Abbott -
Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.
-- Jim Rohn -
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I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.
-- Jim Valvano -
It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.
-- Jimmy SmitsSource : "Interview with a dedicated Chess Parent in South Africa, Pearl Kander-Moodley". "Africa Chess Net" Interview, africachess.net. April 12, 2015.
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You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
-- Joe Paterno -
Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.
-- John F. Kennedy -
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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
-- John Henry Newman -
I'll let the racket do the talking.
-- John McEnroeSource : The Times (London), June 26, 1984.
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Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
-- John Wooden -
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
-- John Wooden -
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A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.
-- John Wooden -
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
-- John Wooden -
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It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
-- John WoodenSource : John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional
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You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
-- John Wooden -
You've never heard of them- and you never will .
-- John Wooden -
Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.
-- Johnny Miller -
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You never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse.
-- Jon Gruden -
I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.
-- Jonny Wilkinson -
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
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If you lose your integrity, you've lost everything.
-- Larry Gelwix -
When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course.
-- Lee Trevino -
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Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
-- Leo Durocher -
In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.
-- Lionel Messi -
Success is failure with the dirt brushed off.
-- Mamie McCullough -
I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova
-- Maria Sharapova -
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Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.
-- Mark Twain -
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
-- Mark Twain -
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
-- Maureen DowdSource : "How to Be Happy: Why You Should Never Settle for 'Good Enough' in Your Life" by Kristen Houghton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.
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I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
-- Mia Hamm -
I think all of us create our own miracles.
-- Michael Landon -
I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
-- Michael Phelps -
If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
-- Michael Phelps -