Motivational Inspirational Sports Quotes:

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

- Pele

topic: Motivational, Success, Soccer, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Soccer

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

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

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Motivational Work, Famous Basketball

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

- Jerry Rice

source: "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

topic: Athlete, Today, Tomorrow, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Football Coach

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

- George Halas

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

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

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 can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

- Michael Jordan

source: "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

topic: Motivational, Change, Basketball, Favorite Sports, Young Entrepreneurs

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

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

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

- Dean Karnazes

source: Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Marathon Man, Marathon Motivational

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Maximum Effort, Maximum Potential

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

- Ronnie Lott

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

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

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

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

- Walter Payton

topic: Sports, Guy, Want, Motivational Inspirational Sports, Football Player

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Dream, Spiritual, Martial Arts Inspirational, Inspirational Athlete

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

- Babe Ruth

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

topic: Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork, Baseball Games, Softball Player

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

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

- Ken Doherty

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Fitness, Inspirational Runner, Sports Spirit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Joe Namath

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

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.

- Alan Armstrong

topic: Athlete, Character, Winning, Marathon Running, Sporting Events

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

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

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

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

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

- Matt Biondi

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

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

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

- Dick Vermeil

topic: Hurt, Athlete, Winning, Basketball Coaching, American 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

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

- William Arthur Ward

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

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

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

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

- Arnold Palmer

source: FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

topic: Golf, Practice, Funny Things, Inspirational Golf, Sports Competition

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

- William James

topic: Running, Perseverance, Inspirational Sports, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

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 don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

- Carl Lewis

topic: Inspirational, Winning, Way, Inspirational Athlete, Sports Training

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

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

- Serena Williams

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

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

- Jack Dempsey

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

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Wisdom, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Football, Inspirational Winning