inspirational sports quotes For You

1. Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at i!t, that’s cool too.”
2. – Pat Tyson
3. 93. “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.”
4. – Ross Perot
5. 92. “You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.”
6. – Larry Brown
7. derek jeter
8. “There may be people that have more tale!nt than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter (Photo credit: Keith Allison)
9. 91. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”66
10. – Derek Jeter
11. 90. “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”
12. – Ted Williams


13. 89. “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.”
14. – Knute Rockne
15. 88. “The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”
16. – Ken Doherty
17. 87. “An athlete cannot run with money in his pock!ets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”
18. – Emil Zatopek
19. 86. “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.”
20. – Mia Hamm31
21. 85. “When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.”
22. – Terry Bradshaw
23. 84. “Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.”
24. – Doug Williams
25. 83. “It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”
26. – Paul “Bear” Bryant
27. 82. “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
28. – Marv Levy
29. “I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” - Tom Landry (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
30. “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” – Tom Landry (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
31. 81. “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”
32. – Tom Landry
33. 80. “Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.”
34. – Laird Hamilton
35. 79. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”
36. – Bo Jackson
37. 78. “I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.”
38. – Sandy Koufax
39. 77. “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.”
40. – Ben Hogan
41. 76. “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.”
42. – Rogers Hornsby
43. 75. “Most people never run far enough o!n their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”
44. – William James
45. 74. “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”
46. – Mike Singletary
47. 73. “If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.”
48. – M.H. Alderson
49. 72. “Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.”
50. – Liane Cardes
51. 71. “Good is not good when better is expected.”
52. – Vin Scully
53. 70. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
54. – Tommy Lasorda
55. 69. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
56. – Billie Jean King
57. Herb Brooks
58. “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
59. 68. “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.”
60. – Herb Brooks
61. 67. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”
62. – Don Zimmer
63. 66. “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”
64. – Mark Spitz
65. 65.“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.”
66. – Lou Holtz
67. 64. “Persistence can change failure into ext!raordinary achievement.”
68. – Matt Biondi
69. 63. “Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”
70. – George F. Will
71. 62. “The principle is competing agai!nst yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”
72. – Steve Young
73. John Madden
74. “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” – John Madden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
75. 61. “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.”
76. – John Madden
77. 60. “You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.”
78. – Arthur Ashe
79. 59. “What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”
80. – Andre Agassi
81. 58. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”
82. – Pele
83. 57. “One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ”
84. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
85. 56. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
86. – George Halas
87. Cal Ripken Jr
88. “Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.” – Cal Ripken Jr. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
89. 55. “Stubbornness usually is considered a negati!ve; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.”
90. – Cal Ripken Jr.
91. 54. “You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.”
92. – Chris Evert
93. 53. “When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.”
94. – Paul Brown
95. 52. “The hardest skill to acquire in t!his sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what y!ou do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.”
96. – Eddie Reese
97. 51. “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.”
98. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
99.  Joe Frazier
100. “When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.” – Joe Frazier (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
101. 50. “When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.”
102. – Joe Frazier
103. 49. “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.”
104. – Mickey Mantle
105. 48. “I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.”
106. – Peyton Manning
107. 47. “Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.”
108. – Eddie Robinson
109. 46. “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.”
110. – J. Askenberg
111. 45. “Always make a total effort, eve!n when the odds are against you.”
112. – Arnold Palmer
113. Brett Favre
114. “Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.” – Brett Favre (Photo cr!edit: Wikipedia)
115. 44. “Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.”
116. – Brett Favre
117. 43. “You have to expect th!ings of yourself before you can do them.”
118. – Michael Jordan
119. 42. “To uncover your true potenti@al you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”
120. – Picabo Street
121. 41. “Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.”
122. – Lou Brock
123. 40. “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.”
124. – Homer Rice
125. Gordie Howe
126. “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 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
127. 39. “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.”
128. – Gordie Howe
129. 38. “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.”
130. – Hank Aaron
131. 37. “I didn’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on the field and be prepared to play a good game.”
132. – Tom Landry
133. 36. “If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
134. – Herschel Walker
135. 35. “Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.”
136. – Bobby Knight
137. Carl Lewis
138. “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” – Carl Lewis (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
139. 34. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”
140. – Ronnie Lott
141. 33. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”
142. – Lou Holtz
143. 32. “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
144. – Carl Lewis
145. 31. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to c@limb it, go thr@ough it, or work around it.”
146. – Michael Jordan
147. 30. “Make each day your masterpiece.”
148. – John Wooden
149. Pat Riley
150. “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” – Pat Riley (Photo credit: Wikipedia)@
151. 29. “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”
152. – Pat Riley
153. 28. “Win If You Can, Lose If You Must, But NEVER QUIT!”
154. – Cameron Trammell
155. 27. “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”
156. – Mike Singletary
157. 26. “If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.”
158. – Mario Andretti
159. 25. “Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”
160. – Ted Williams
161. 24. “What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”
162. – Dean Smith
163. Larry Bird
164. “Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” – Larry Bird (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
165. 23. “Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”
166. – Larry Bird
167. 22. “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”
168. – Joe Namath
169. 21. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”
170. – Michael Phelps
171. 20. “Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.”
172. – John Wooden
173. 19. “Pain is temporary. It may last a m2inute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and somet@hing else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”
174. – Lance Armstrong
175. 18. “Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
176. – Phil Jackson
177. 17. “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”
178. – Joe Paterno
179. 16. “Adversity cause so@me men to break; others to break records.”
180. – William A. Ward
181. 15. “Never let your head hang down. Neve@r give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.”
182. – Satchel Paige
183. 14. “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. ”
184. – Venus Williams
185. 13. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”
186. – Babe Ruth
187. 12. “It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”
188. – Evander Holyfield
189. Muhammad Ali
190. “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 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
191. 11. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”
192. – Muhammad Ali
193. 10. “There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.”
194. – Pat Riley
195. 9. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
196. – Jack Dempsey
197. 8. “It ain’t over till it’s over.”
198. – Yogi Berra
199. 7. “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.”
200. – Mike Ditka
201. 6. “Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”
202. – Jim Valvano
203. Michael Jordan
204. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my care@r. 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 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
205. 5. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
206. – Wayne Gretzky
207. 4. “The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”
208. – Wayne Gretzky
209. 3. “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”
210. – Dan Gable
211. 2. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 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.”
212. – Michael Jordan
213. 1. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”
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