Short Sports Quotes:

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

- Joe Paterno

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

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

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

- William Arthur Ward

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

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

- Jack Dempsey

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

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

- Seneca the Younger

source: "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

topic: Inspirational, Success, Uplifting, Great Sports, Sports Spirit

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

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

- Pele

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

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

- Mike Ditka

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

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

- Ronnie Lott

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

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

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

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

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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

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 don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

- Julius Erving

topic: Motivational, Fitness, Body, Inspirational Health And Fitness, Sports Spirit

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 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 learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

- Tom Landry

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

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

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

- Joe Namath

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

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

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

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

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 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

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

- Lance Armstrong

source: "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance, Love Pain, Sports Mental Toughness

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

- Larry Bird

topic: Motivational, Basketball, Athlete, Sports Coach, Give It Your All

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

- Winston Churchill

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

- Phil Jackson

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

topic: Athlete, Sports Psychology, Athlete Motivational, Awesome Sports, Youth Sports

Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.

- Rita Mae Brown

topic: Sports, Character, Opportunity, Beauty Within, Short Sports

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

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

- Knute Rockne

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

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

- Herschel Walker

source: Herschel Walker (1989). “Herschel Walker's Basic Training”, Main Street Books

topic: Motivational, Sports, Athlete, 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

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

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

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

- Bobby Knight

topic: Athlete, Guy, Opponents, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational History

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Positive, Thinking, Hands, Softball Player, Great Sports

The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important, where you would put it.

- Roger Bannister

topic: Sports, Essence, Important, Sports In General, Short Sports

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

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

Rest if you must, but never quit.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

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

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

- Matt Biondi

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

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

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

- Wayne Gretzky

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

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

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

- Bruce Jenner

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

topic: Athlete, Assets, Ability, Softball Player, Inspirational Athlete