Coaches And Athletes Quotes:

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

- Bo Jackson

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Football Coach

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

- Mark Spitz

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

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

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

- Joe Paterno

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

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

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

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

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

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

topic: Sports, Athlete, Mind, Over 50, Sports Stars

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

- Phil Jackson

topic: Teamwork, Surrender, Enough, Inspirational Coach, Basketball Coaching

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

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Success, Sports Leadership, Inspirational Winning

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

- Mia Hamm

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer, Inspirational Soccer, Olympic Games

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

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness, Thought Of The Day, Self Determination

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

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

- Heywood Broun

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

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Baseball, Good Character, Motivational Wrestling

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

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

- Serena Williams

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

You can't put a limit anything.

- Michael Phelps

topic: Cheerleading, Limits, Inspirational Athlete, Sports In General, Sports Training

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

- Michael Owen

topic: Athlete, Giving, Training, Sports Training, Inspiring 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

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

- Billie Jean King

source: Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Running, Perseverance, Softball Player, Perserverance

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

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

- Joe Namath

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

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

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

- Larry Bird

topic: Motivational, Basketball, Athlete, Sports Coach, Give It Your All

There is no such thing as life in-between.

- Pat Riley

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

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

- Lynn Jennings

topic: Motivational, Running, Exercise, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

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

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

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

- Satchel Paige

topic: Giving Up, Athlete, Grieving, 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

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

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

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

- Pat Riley

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Inspirational Coach, Striving For Perfection

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.

- Hank Aaron

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

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

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

- Mike Ditka

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

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

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

- John Wooden

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation, Inspirational Learning, Sports Coaching

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

- John Wooden

source: "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

topic: Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character, Sports Coaching, Sports Leadership

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

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

I believe that coaches and athletes should realize that the athletic department field, court or diamond can be made an extension of the classroom, a place where you and your teammates are learning more than just how to prepare to win. The field, the court, and the diamond should be places where athletes are constantly learning about the game in which they participate, about their coaches and teammates, and perhaps most importantly, about themselves.

- Phillip Shriver

topic: Believe, Athlete, Winning, Coaches And Athletes, Constantly Learning