Greatest Sports Quotes:

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

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness, I Am The Best, Inspirational Coach

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

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

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

- Vince Lombardi

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Best Of Me, Best Coaches

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

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

- Ronnie Lott

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

- Will Rogers

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Daily Work, Management Motivation

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

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

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

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

- Vince Lombardi

source: President Robert Robbins' Installation Speech, president.arizona.edu. November 29, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Business, Striving For Perfection, Inspirational Football Coach

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

- Vince Lombardi

source: Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Favorite Sports, Best Coaches

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

topic: Perseverance, Motivational Sports, Determination, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Best Success, Inspirational Football

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

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

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Football, Marathon Runners

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

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

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 succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

- Tony Dorsett

source: Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Sports Spirit, Professional Career

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

- Michael Jordan

source: Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

topic: Running, Wall, Giving Up, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

- Martina Navratilova

topic: Funny, Sports, Running, Sporting Events, Inspirational Tennis

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

- Andre Agassi

source: Twitter post from Jan 25, 2016

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Athlete, Victory Inspirational, Give 100 Percent

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Dojo, Martial Artist

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

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

- William Arthur Ward

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

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

- Ted Williams

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

topic: Sports, Baseball, Athlete, Major League Baseball, Softball Player

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

- Lou Holtz

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Inspirational Football, Softball Player

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

- Rogers Hornsby

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

topic: Sports, Baseball, Spring, Baseball Games, Great Sports

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

- Venus Williams

topic: Motivational, Success, Sports, Inspirational Attitude, Just Believe In Yourself

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

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

- Ray Knight

topic: Sports, Thinking, Concentration, Great Sports, Sports Competition

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

- Dan Gable

topic: Sports, Determination, Athlete, Great Sports, Inspirational Runner

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

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

- Pele

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

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

- Matt Biondi

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

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

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

- Steve Young

topic: Change, Self, Principles, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Athlete

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

- Ara Parseghian

topic: Motivational, Sports, Teamwork, Inspirational Coaching, Sports Coach

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

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

- Gale Sayers

source: Gale Sayers, Al Silverman (1972). “I Am Third”

topic: Athlete, Want, Matter, Inspirational Football, Sports Spirit

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

- Lou Holtz

topic: Inspirational, Success, Sports, Inspirational Athlete, Sports Competition

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Best Coaches, Just Give Up

You can't put a limit anything.

- Michael Phelps

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

It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

- Sandy Lyle

topic: Sports, Motivational Sports, Winning, Sporting Events, Inspirational Tennis