Memorable Sports Quotes

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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Theodore Roosevelt
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination."
Tommy Lasorda
"It's not the will to win that matters — everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
Paul Bryant
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
John Wooden
"The more I practice, the luckier I get."
Gary Player
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."
Muhammad Ali
"Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding."
Jim Valvano
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"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser."
Vince Lombardi
"I've tried almost everything except sit on a bench watching a game."
Roger Angell
"I wake up every day to compete, winning love, respect, good jobs, and so on."
Usain Bolt
"Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half."
Bum Phillips
"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."
Arthur Ashe
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day."
Jim Rohn
"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"
Leo Durocher
"I've missed more than 9000 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."
Michael Jordan
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy."
Wayne Gretzky
"I've never lost a game. I just ran out of time."
Michael Jordan
"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."
Mia Hamm
"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."
Matt Biondi
"You can't win unless you learn how to lose."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit."
Mary Lou Retton
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"Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won."
Billy Bowerman
"If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it."
Ronnie Lott
"Make each day your masterpiece."
John Wooden
"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do."
Derek Jeter
"It's not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
Paul
"It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important."
Sue Bird
"You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both of these methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation."
Homer Rice
"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."
Doug Williams
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
John Wooden
"To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them."
Picabo Street
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog."
Archie Griffin
"The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I'm starting to believe it."
Dan O'Brien
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Confucius
"Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it."
Ted Williams
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"Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your own two ears."
Laird Hamilton
"Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."
Michael Jordan
"In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance."
Bill Veeck
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way."
Satchel Paige
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
Muhammad Ali
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
Vince Lombardi
"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."
Vince Lombardi
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up."
Vince Lombardi
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Wayne Gretzky
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
Michael Jordan
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
Tim Notke
"The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory."
Les Brown
"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."
Bobby Unser
"It ain't over till it's over."
Yogi Berra
"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."
Joe Paterno
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
Michael Phelps
"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
Billie Jean King
"The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."
Ernie Banks
"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."
Charles Kingsleigh
"Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts."
Dan Gable
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."
Michael Jordan
"Life is gonna throw you curve balls. It's how you deal with them that counts."
Michelle Kwan
"The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning."
Pele
"Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way."
Jim Courier
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
Mark Twain
"If you have everything under control, you're not moving fast enough."
Mario Andretti
"The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose."
Ernie Banks
"It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game."
Grantland Rice
"The harder you work, the luckier you get."
Gary Player
"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
Vince Lombardi
"I play every game like it's my last."
Michael Jordan
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
John Wooden
"It isn't hard to be good from time to time, what's tough is being good every day."
Art Shell
"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
Pelé
"Fear is okay. It is all about how you deal with that fear."
Brett Favre
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I’ve been successful."
Michael Jordan
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will."
Vince Lombardi
"If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win."
Carl Lewis
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
Steve Prefontaine
"You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
Michael Phelps
"What inspires you can inspire others."
Lindsey Vonn
"A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning."
Billie Jean King
"If you can't outplay them, outwork them."
Ben Hogan
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."
Babe Ruth
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
George S. Patton
"Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character."
John Wooden
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