Inspiring Athlete Quotes:

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

- Lolo Jones

topic: Hard Work, Athlete, Work Out, Inspiring Athlete, Things Will Work Out

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

- Clara Hughes

topic: Dream, Athlete, Inspiring Athlete, Skater, Infinite Possibilities

You have to train your mind like you train your body.

- Bruce Jenner

source: "The Brain-Training Secrets Of Olympic Athletes" By Carolyn Gregoire, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 11, 2014.

topic: Motivational, Athlete, Mind, Olympic Games, Inspiring Athlete

Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

- Brett Favre

source: "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

topic: Inspirational, Team, Athlete, Inspiring Athlete

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.

- Jesse Ventura

topic: Wrestling, Winning, Wwe, Inspiring Athlete

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

- Pat Riley

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

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

- Michael Phelps

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Olympic Games, Inspiring Athlete

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

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

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

- Jackie Robinson

source: "I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson". Book by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett, 1972.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Inspiring Athlete, Dodgers

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

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

- Wilma Rudolph

source: "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Running, Influence And Power, Inspirational Athlete

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

- Babe Ruth

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Running, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Baseball

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

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

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

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

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

- Mike Ditka

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

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

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

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

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

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'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

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

- Wayne Gretzky

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

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

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

- Tom Landry

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

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

Effort is between you and you.

- Ray Lewis

source: Twitter post from Jan 28, 2017

topic: Effort, Inspiring Athlete, Wins And Losses

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

- Muhammad Ali

topic: Motivational, Faith, Confidence, Lack Of Faith, Great Sports

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

- Muhammad Ali

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

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

- Mary Lou Retton

topic: Motivational, Graduation, Peace, Inspiring Athlete, Life And Passion

Rest if you must, but never quit.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

topic: Inspirational Sports, Never Quit, Inspirational Athlete, Inspiring Athlete, Short Motivational Sports

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Great Sports, Sports Spirit

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

Never put an age limit on your dreams

- Dara Torres

source: "Dara Torres: Don’t put an age limit on your dreams" by Giovanni Castelli, optometrytimes.modernmedicine.com. June 22, 2017.

topic: Dream, Athlete, Age, Inspirational Athlete, Olympic Games

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

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

- Ted Williams

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

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Motivational, Sports, Figures, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Football

There is no such thing as life in-between.

- Pat Riley

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

You can't put a limit anything.

- Michael Phelps

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

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

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

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

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

- Lou Holtz

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