Short Motivational Sports Quotes:

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

- Ernie Banks

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

topic: Sports, Athlete, Way, Good Sportsmanship, Good 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

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

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

- Homer Rice

topic: Motivational, Teamwork, Self, Inspirational Athlete, Motivate Athletes

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

- Mickey Mantle

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

topic: Athlete, Mean, Average, Favorite Sports, Baseball Games

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

- Herb Brooks

topic: Athlete, Player, Were Meant To Be, Inspirational Athlete, Olympic Games

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

- Ronnie Lott

topic: Graduation, Sports, Football, Inspirational Football, 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

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

- Don Zimmer

topic: Athlete, Giving, Hustle, Athlete Motivational, Awesome 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

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

- Wayne Gretzky

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

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

- Joe Namath

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

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

Rest if you must, but never quit.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

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

The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.

- Eddie Reese

topic: Sports, Athlete, Fighting, Give It All You Got, Inspirational Coach

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

- Lou Brock

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Hockey

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

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

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

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

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

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

- Satchel Paige

source: "How to Keep Young," Collier's, 13 June 1953

topic: Funny, Sports, Baseball, Sports Competition, Sports Spirit

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

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

- Lou Holtz

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

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

- Serena Williams

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

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

- Laird Hamilton

topic: Inspirational, Two, Enemy, Inspirational Athlete, Check Yourself

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

- Mark Spitz

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Failing, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

There is no such thing as life in-between.

- Pat Riley

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

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

- Chris Evert

topic: Confidence, Games, Play, Sports Training, Inspirational Training

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

- Jim Valvano

topic: Giving Up, Athlete, Rejection, Give It Your All, Best Athlete

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

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

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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

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

- Winston Churchill

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

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

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

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

- Michael Jordan

topic: Basketball, Trying, Achieve, Hurdling Obstacles, Inspirational Adversity

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

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

- Jack Dempsey

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

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

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

- Lou Holtz

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

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

- George Halas

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

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Motivational, Sports, Dog, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Hockey

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

- Mike Ditka

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

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

- Heywood Broun

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

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Baseball, Good Character, Motivational Wrestling

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

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

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

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