Motivational sports Quotes · Page 15

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now…

— Leisel Jones

Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a…

— Bart Starr

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.

— Sugar Ray Robinson

You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.

— Lou Holtz

The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.

— Tommy Lasorda

If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.

— Chuck Noll

To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.

— Seve Ballesteros

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing…

— Pele

I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even…

— Denny Crum

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

— Ty Cobb

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

— Francie Larrieu Smith

This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport…

— Carl Albert

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

— Greg Maddux

A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.

— Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

— Anonymous

I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and…

— Katie Hoff

In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead…

— Bear Bryant

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's…

— Lenny Wilkens

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes.

— Don Drysdale

A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the…

— Cus D'Amato

I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.

— Leisel Jones

If you want to be the best, Work hardier than the rest. If you don't want to be the best, Just work…

— Bob Stinson

The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.

— Pat Summitt

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

— Al Oerter

You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group…

— Darrell Royal

A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.

— Sasha Azevedo

I want you to be forever strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field.

— Larry Gelwix

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

— Peyton Manning

I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad…

— Lance Armstrong