Best Athlete Quotes:

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

- Serena Williams

topic: Positive, Believe, Doe, Inspirational Attitude, Just Believe In Yourself

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

- Tommy Lasorda

source: Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational Determination

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

- Vince Lombardi

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

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inspirational Football, Softball Team

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

- Lou Brock

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Hockey

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

- Joe Namath

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Football, Baseball Games

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

- Arnold Palmer

source: FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Adversity, Inspirational Soccer, Inspirational Athlete

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

- Joe Paterno

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Football, Baseball Games

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

- Michael Phelps

source: FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Dream, Inspirational Athlete, Great Sports

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

- Sugar Ray Robinson

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Attitude

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

- Knute Rockne

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Notre Dame, Inspirational Football

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

- Mike Singletary

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Athlete, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

- Carl Lewis

topic: Inspirational, Winning, Way, Inspirational Athlete, Sports Training

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

- Mark Spitz

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Failing, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

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

- John Wooden

topic: Beautiful, Motivation, Grateful, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

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

- John Wooden

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

- Emil Zatopek

source: Quoted by Christopher Brasher in the Observer,12 Sep 1982.

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Running, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Goal

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Girl, Athlete, Practice, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Coach

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

- Ronnie Lott

topic: Graduation, Sports, Football, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Athlete

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

- Herb Brooks

topic: Athlete, Player, Were Meant To Be, Inspirational Athlete, Olympic Games

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

- Jack Dempsey

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational History, Sportive

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

- Evander Holyfield

topic: Heart, Athlete, Men, Inspirational Athlete, Sports In General

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

- Jim Valvano

topic: Giving Up, Athlete, Rejection, Give It Your All, Best Athlete

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

- Jerry Rice

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

topic: Athlete, Today, Tomorrow, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Football Coach

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

- Dean Smith

topic: Inspiring, Basketball, Sports, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

There is no such thing as life in-between.

- Pat Riley

topic: Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Coaching, Inspirational Commitment

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

source: Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

topic: Teamwork, Sports, Athlete, Drills, Inspirational Athlete

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

- Unknown

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Sports Competition, Sports Team

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

- Pele

topic: Athlete, Winning, Victory, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

- Pat Riley

topic: Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Commitment, Basketball Coaching, Great Sports

It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

- Muhammad Ali

topic: Inspiring, Impossible, Dare, Nothing Is Impossible, Impossible Situations

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

- Ted Williams

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Football, Inspirational History

Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing

- Muhammad Ali

source: Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

topic: Athlete, Law Of Attraction, Impossible Things, Nothing Is Impossible, World Champions

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

- Laird Hamilton

topic: Inspirational, Two, Enemy, Inspirational Athlete, Check Yourself

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

- Muhammad Ali

topic: Sports, Running, Light, Great Sports, Sports Training

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

- Muhammad Ali

source: Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Men, World, Nothing Is Impossible, World Champions

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

- Gordie Howe

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Hockey, Sports Competition

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

- Nastia Liukin

source: Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

topic: Gymnastics, Afraid Of Failure, Deserve, Inspiring Athlete, Coaches And Athletes

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

- Bobby Knight

topic: Athlete, Guy, Opponents, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational History

To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.

- Picabo Street

topic: Athlete, Past, Blow, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Winning

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

- Matt Biondi

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

topic: Athlete, Persistence, Achievement, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.

- Dennis Rodman

topic: Funny, Sports, School, Funniest Sports, Stupid Sports

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Basketball, Sports, Fun, Sports Competition, Enjoy Your Life

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Football, Respect, Perseverance, Soccer Player, Inspirational Football Coach

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

- Tom Landry

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Athlete, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational History

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.

- Doug Collins

topic: Funny, Basketball, Sports, Funniest Sports, Stupid Sports

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

- Larry Bird

topic: Motivational, Basketball, Sports, Give It All You Got, Inspirational Hard Work

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

- Muhammad Ali

topic: Motivational, Success, Dance, Great Sports, Sports Training

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

- Herschel Walker

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

topic: Motivational, Sports, Athlete, Inspirational Athlete, Great Sports

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

- Bear Bryant

topic: Athlete, Winning, Matter, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Winning

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

- Jerry West

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Famous Basketball, Motivational Basketball