Athlete motivational Quotes

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

— Bobby Knight

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

— Nastia Liukin

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

— Serena Williams

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

— Wilma Rudolph

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

— Mickey Mantle

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

You can't put a limit anything.

— Michael Phelps

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

— Pele

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

— Herb Brooks

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

— Ken Doherty

Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

— Mike Ditka

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

— Michael Owen

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.

— Peyton Manning

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

— Scotty Bowman

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.…

— Mickey Mantle

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and…

— Eddie Reese

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

— Ben Hogan

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

— Mary Lou Retton

There is no such thing as life in-between.

— Pat Riley

I stare out the window and wait for spring,

— Rogers Hornsby

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

— Mark Spitz

One man cannot make a team.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

— Phil Jackson

It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

— Muhammad Ali

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

— Laird Hamilton

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

— Satchel Paige

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

— Ted Williams

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to.

— Venus Williams

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

— Dean Smith

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been…

— Muhammad Ali

Some kids, for some reason, it just doesn't click in the classroom as they need it to. We have college coaches talk…

— Anonymous

Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.…

— Anonymous

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay…

— Carl Lewis