Sports Competition Quotes:

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Success, Sports Competition, Secret Of My Success

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Basketball, Sports, Fun, Sports Competition, Enjoy Your Life

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

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Real, Winning, Sports Competition, Famous Basketball

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

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

- Serena Williams

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

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

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

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

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

It's not how big you are, it's how big you play

- John Wooden

topic: Play, Bigs, Sports Competition, Famous Basketball, Playing Basketball

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

- Mike Ditka

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

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

- Lou Holtz

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

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

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

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

- Ray Knight

topic: Sports, Thinking, Concentration, Great Sports, Sports Competition

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

- Ross Perot

topic: Motivational, Strength, Success, Favorite Sports, About Success

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 owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

- Pete Rose

source: Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

topic: Baseball, Athlete, Being The Best, Favorite Sports, Inspirational Athlete

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

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

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Basketball, People, Trying, Sports Competition, Motivational Basketball

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

- William Arthur Ward

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

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Basketball, Inspiration, Recovery, Sports Competition, True Champion

There is no such thing as life in-between.

- Pat Riley

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

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

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

- Avery Brundage

topic: Sports, Mean, Games, Olympic Games, Sports Competition

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

topic: Sports, Fun, Athlete, Sports Competition, Sports Psychology

The Six W's: Work will win when wishing won't.

- Todd Blackledge

topic: Sports, Winning, Wish, Sports Competition

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

- Wayne Gretzky

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

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

- Peggy Fleming

topic: Sports, Fitness, Running, Sports Competition, Fitness Motivational

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Sports, Athlete, Hockey, Inspirational Hockey, Sports Competition

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

- Jerry Barber

topic: Sports, Practice, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Golf, Sports Competition

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

I believe it is right when not only me, but also my colleagues - the prime minister, ministers, deputies of the State Duma - when they, like today, for example, participate in two marathons, when they visit football matches, when they themselves take part in sport competitions. That is how, inter alia, millions of people start feeling interest in and love for fitness and sports. I believe it is extremely important.

- Vladimir Putin

source: "Interview to American TV channel CBS and PBS". Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.

topic: Sports, Football, Believe, Deputies, Sports Competition

When your Islamic discourse with someone becomes a debate, that's when you know that you have to stop. The psychology of a debate is like a sports competition, and no one likes to lose. So even if you make a good point, the other person isn't going to congratulate you. They are thinking about revenge.

- Nouman Ali Khan

source: Source: www.elle.com

topic: Sports, Revenge, Islamic, Sports Competition