Motivational sports Quotes

Inches make a champion.

— Vince Lombardi

I fight for perfection

— Mike Tyson

First master the fundamentals.

— Larry Bird

To become a champion, fight one more round.

— James Corbitt

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

— Marva Collins

Every passion has its destiny.

— Billy Mills

I'll let the racket do the talking.

— John McEnroe

Great teams work harder after a tough loss.

— Ron Brown

The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

— Amy Ruley

I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday.

— Darrell Royal

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

— Muhammad Ali

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell.

— Lee Trevino

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.

— Homer H. Norton

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

— Shaun White

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

— Michael Jordan

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

— Mary Russell Mitford

It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the…

— Leisel Jones

He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just…

— Pele

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

— Harry Sinden

You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

— Gregg Troy

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

— Phil Jackson

When you talk about an injury and the kind of depression you go through, it's not just because you're out of shape…

— Jamila Wideman

No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than…

— Hugh Leonard

I've just been enjoying the training a bit more. I've put too much pressure on myself in the past. Just relax and…

— Sophie Edington

But it's the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the "wall," like a marathon runner…

— Lou Banach

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that…

— Vincent Matthews

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a…

— Althea Gibson

Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of…

— Steve Spurrier

I'm really quite exhausted at the moment, but you never know, you are always surprised at what you can find sometimes, and…

— Leisel Jones

Often I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride. It's really crazy. In races,…

— Gabe Jennings

Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about…

— Kieren Perkins

It took a lot of guts to change it and say 'I don't like the life that I'm living and I don't…

— Leisel Jones

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word.…

— Red Auerbach

The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the…

— Dot Richardson

I train myself mentally with visualization. The morning of a tournament, before I put my feet on the floor, I visualize myself…

— Camille Duvall

The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination and desire. Achieving success and personal glory in athletics has less to do with…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular shirts-not always…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger