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Here we have the best sports quotes from famous people to inspire you every day.
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Top 10 Sports Quotes
Kill them with success and bury them with a smile.
Usain Bolt
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi
The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.
Pele
I’ve had to learn to fight all my life got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
Serena Williams
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
Michael Phelps
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
The best motivation always comes from within.
Michael Johnson
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
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Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.
Matt Biondi
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Babe Ruth
The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing. Jackie Joyner Kersee
If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat. Herschel Walker
I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.
Arnold Palmer
There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between. Pat Riley
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. Wilma Rudolph
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
Winning solves everything. Tiger Woods
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. Lou Holtz
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
The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.
Ernie Banks
In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened. Tommy Lasorda
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. Dan Gable
Goals prepare Olympic athletes physically and mentally. Did you know that goals are used by sports psychologists in order to help athletes improve their performance? Paul Bailey
There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.
Derek Jeter
I wouldn’t let the boys down, no way. If my arm came off I’d still play. Jack Bird
To succeed…You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett
Passion first and everything will fall into place. Holly Holm
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself % to your training, diet and mental approach.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
It ain’t over till it’s over. Yogi Berra
Show me a gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure. Knute Rockne
Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in. Lou Holtz
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
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it. Wayne Gretzky
It never gets easier. You just get better. Jordan Hoechlin
Soccer forces life to move on. There’s always a new match. A new season. There’s always a dream that everything can get better. It’s a game of wonders. Fredrik Backman
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
Bobby Unser
If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it. Ronnie Lott
What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. Dean Smith
What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. Andre Agassi
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.
Arnold Palmer
At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don’t. Andy Roddick
Nothing else will show your true character than how you lose. Ken Gleed
If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. Fred Devito
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
Muhammad Ali
Inspiring Sports Quotes
You’ll score a lot of goals in your career but not one of them will happen without the help of a teammate. Abby Wambach
In sports, players need to be reminded of their competition to become motivated to practice. The same can be applied in business.
Gavin McGinnis
I don’t have to wait for nobody, I move when I wanna move. Floyd Mayweather
If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. Carl Lewis
Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside. Brett Favre
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
Emil Zatopek
You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. Jerry West
In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win. Sam Huff
Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second. Paul Bryant
Losing teaches you how to win, winning teaches you how not to lose.
Matshona Dhliwayo
When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less. Paul Brown
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. Unknown
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. Arnold Palmer
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than preaching it.
Knute Rockne
At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence. Arsene Wenger
I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird
Never underestimate the heart of a champion! Doc Rivers
There are certain basic qualities and characteristics you’ve got to have. Number one: you’ve got to have a will to win.
Bob Richards
I’ve failed over & over & over again in my life & that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Broun
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. Pele
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.
Rocky Balboa
So many people along the way, whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can’t be done. But all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach. Michael Phelps
Losing feels worse than winning feels good. Vin Scully
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
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
Billie Jean King
It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. Jillian Michaels
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. Pat Riley
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. James Lane Allen
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
William A. Ward
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. Mike Singletary
Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up. Jim Valvano
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. Frank L. Gaines
You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.
Larry Brown
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
You might not be able to outthink, out market or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them. Lou Holtz
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. Bruce Jenner
Motivational Sports Quotes
To me the beauty of teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. Coach Mike Krzyzewski
Today, you have 100% of your life left.
Tom Landry
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. Phil Jackson
You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there. Yogi Berra
A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever. Mary Lou Retton
Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.
Vince Lombardo
If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough. Mario Andretti
The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals. I play not my best, but my best. Knute Rockne
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. Mia Hamm
If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?
Joe Namath
I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it. Sandy Koufax
It’s not the will to win that matterseveryone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters. Paul Bryant
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. Tim Notke
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
Evander Holyfield
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Muhammad Ali
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful! Charles Barkley
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. Mike Ditka
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
Satchel Paige
Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. Larry Bird
I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better. Yogi Berra
I am no genius; I just worked hard like my other teammates, and I believe all my teammates can win the title as they work hard, too. Lin Dan
Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.
Lou Brock
Some may have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone working harder than you do. John Tavares
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. Tommy Lasorda
Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it’s because you’ve started to think of failure. Tommy Lasorda
I would have thought that the knowledge that you are going to be leapt upon by half-a-dozen congratulatory, but sweaty team-mates would be inducement not to score a goal.
Arthur Marshall
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. Wayne Gretzky
Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears. Bobby Jones
The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young
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
Life is gonna throw you curve balls and it’s how you deal with them and your attitude and your work ethic. Kerri Strug
Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Michael Jordan
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King
Famous Sports Quotes
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan
You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
Bobby Knight
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. Joe Paterno
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. Lance Armstrong
Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter. Dan Reeves
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
Wayne Gretzky
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. Casey Stengel
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. Arthur Ashe
I’ve never lost a game. I just ran out of time. Michael Jordan
Winning is a habit leadership is calmly maintaining that habit against all odds.
Amit Ray
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. John Wooden
When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important. Bill Shoemaker
I mean, it’s not important what kind of pants you were; it’s how you wear them. Ronnie Lott
Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.
Vince Lombardi
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
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Vernon Law
Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don’t rush. Be quick, but don’t hurry. Earl Monroe
If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
Jack Lemmon
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. Herb Brooks
Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next. George Steinbrenner
The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. Bobby Knight
Everybody’s got plans… until they get hit.
Mike Tyson
Nothing is black-and-white, except for winning and losing, and maybe that’s why people gravitate to that so much. Steve Nash
Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. Vince Lombardi
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t. Jerry Rice
I don’t plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously, we plan on winning.
Gregg Troy
You can’t win unless you learn how to lose. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
You miss percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky
Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it. Ted Williams
If you don’t fall, how are you going to know what getting up feels like?
Stephen Curry
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan
Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won. Billy Bowerman
To Sum Up
Hopefully you have enjoyed this big list of sports quotes.
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