Motivational sports Quotes · Page 14

Sport, at its best, at its most human, is able to inspire an innocence and joy that is unique to each of…

— Richard J. Corman

Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

— Magic Johnson

Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs…

— Kerri Walsh

Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.

— Bruce Pearl

Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when…

— Jim Courier

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

— Muhammad Ali

I'm a very intense person. When I go after something, I want to go after it with everything I have. I want…

— Greg Norman

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

— Joe Paterno

It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.

— Jim Abbott

The most important thing about winning is believing that you can win no matter who you are playing.

— Lawrence Dallaglio

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

— Rob Lee

Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.

— Pat Riley

I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because…

— Mike Krzyzewski

She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's…

— Frank Carroll

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

We have a heard of gold, and that's what this medal is right here. It's a team that will never give up.

— Joseph Hagerty

Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.

— Paul Brown

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

— Ted Simmons

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

— Chris Evert

My instinct was to win, eliminate anyone who is in competition, destroy my enemy, and move on without any kind of hesitation…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

— Pat Riley

The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is…

— Neville Cardus

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to…

— Pat Riley

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept…

— Merlin Olsen

For what is the best choice for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

— Aristotle

The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

They say football is America's greatest game, but it's not. The greatest game in America is called opportunity. Football is merely a…

— Joe Kapp

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

— Ray Knight

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

— Tony DiCicco

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

— Olga Korbut

The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a…

— Pat Summitt

Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which…

— Anonymous

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

— Don Shula

No one plays this or any game perfectly. It's the guy who recovers from his mistakes who wins.

— Phil Jackson

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.

— Chuck Noll

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

— Jim Valvano

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

— Julius Erving

People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and…

— Don Murray

The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game.

— Lord Byron

I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It…

— Ian Thorpe