Heart Of A Champion Quotes:

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

- Vince Lombardi

source: Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Commitment, Sports Leadership

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Dream, Cassius, Martial Arts Inspirational

A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

- Dot Richardson

topic: Dream, Giving Up, Hero, Softball Team, Inspirational Softball

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

- Steve Prefontaine

source: "Pre: Americas Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine". Book by Tom Jordan, 1977.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership, Marathon Motivational, Marathon Runners

I have one thing to say to those non-believers. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion.

- Rudy Tomjanovich

source: Rudy Tomjanovich (1997). “A Rocket at Heart: My Life and My Team”

topic: Motivational, Basketball, Heart, Non Believer, Heart Of A Champion

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

- Jack Dempsey

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

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

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

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

- Joe Paterno

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

Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

- Rudy Tomjanovich

topic: Heart, Athlete, Champion, Heart Of A Champion, Inspirational Basketball

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

- George Halas

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

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

- Chris Evert

topic: Heart, Tennis, Champion, Heart Of A Champion

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

- Vern Law

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

topic: Inspirational, Education, Teacher, Education And Knowledge, Educating Others

In the world there are believers and then there are non-believers. For all of you non-believers out there, I have something to say to you...never underestimate the heart of a champion.

- Rudy Tomjanovich

topic: Motivational, Basketball, Sports, Heart Of A Champion

I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

- Kai Greene

source: Rudy Tomjanovich (1997). “A Rocket at Heart: My Life and My Team”

topic: Heart, People, Champion, Never Underestimate, Heart Of A Champion

Oscar Pistorius is on the cusp of a paradigm shift in which disability becomes ability, disadvantage becomes advantage. Yet we mustn't lose sight of what makes an athlete great. It's too easy to credit Pistorius' success to technology. Through birth or circumstance, some are given certain gifts, but it's what one does with those gifts, the hours devoted to training, the desire to be the best, that is at the true heart of a champion.

- Oscar Pistorius

topic: Heart, Athlete, Technology, Paradigm Shift, Cusp