Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Winning


You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Daily Work, Management Motivation


Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
source: "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Best Coaches, Inspirational Attitude
source: "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.
topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Best Success
If at first you don't succeed, you're obviously not me.
topic: Success, Inspirational Sports, Firsts, Past Failures, Failure Motivational
topic: Perseverance, Motivational Sports, Determination, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching
If at first you don't succeed, you can always become an ultramarathoner.
topic: Firsts, Succeed, Success Failure, Past Failures, Failure Motivational
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
topic: Success, Sports, Opportunity, Opportunity For Success, Popular Sports
Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
topic: Athlete, Player, Talent, Famous Motivational, Great Inspirational Sports
topic: Positive, Thinking, Hands, Softball Player, Great Sports
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
topic: Motivational, Sports, Figures, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football
topic: Sports, Determination, Athlete, Great Sports, Inspirational Runner
If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.
topic: Hurt, Athlete, Winning, Basketball Coaching, American Football
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.
topic: Inspirational, Dream, Spiritual, Martial Arts Inspirational, Inspirational Athlete
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them
topic: Basketball, Trying, Achieve, Hurdling Obstacles, Inspirational Adversity
source: "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Love Pain, Sports Mental Toughness
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.
topic: Positive, Believe, Doe, Inspirational Attitude, Just Believe In Yourself
source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
topic: Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork, Baseball Games, Softball Player
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
topic: Inspirational, Sports, Baseball, Good Character, Motivational Wrestling
It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.
topic: Sports, Motivational Sports, Winning, Sporting Events, Inspirational Tennis
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
topic: Athlete, Winning, Victory, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete
topic: Sports, Athlete, Hockey, Inspirational Hockey, Sports Competition
source: Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Sports Spirit, Professional Career
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
source: FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012
topic: Inspirational, Sports, Dream, Inspirational Athlete, Great Sports
You can't put a limit anything.
topic: Cheerleading, Limits, Inspirational Athlete, Sports In General, Sports Training
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
topic: Athlete, Assets, Ability, Softball Player, Inspirational Athlete
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Best Coaches, Just Give Up
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
topic: Sports, Doctors, Track, Sports In General, Sports Training
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
topic: Sports, Athlete, Way, Good Sportsmanship, Good Sports
source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
topic: Sports, Baseball, Spring, Baseball Games, Great Sports
source: "There's No I in Team, But Me Plays a Big Role" by Tom Gerdy, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2012.
topic: Sports, Baseball, Athlete, Inspirational Baseball, Popular Sports
source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Best Of Me, Best Coaches
topic: Motivational, Success, Dance, Great Sports, Sports Training
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
topic: Motivational, Faith, Confidence, Lack Of Faith, Great Sports
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
topic: Sports, Running, Light, Great Sports, Sports Training
source: Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011
topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness, I Am The Best, Inspirational Coach
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
topic: Heart, Athlete, Men, Inspirational Athlete, Sports In General
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
source: Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011
topic: Running, Courage, Famous Inspirational, Fear None, Courage To Change