Sports QuotesHere is a collection of sports quotes to inspire and motivate us in developing the mindset of a winning athlete as well as a winner in life.
Exercise trains our physical and mental stamina, at the same time molds our character. We learn to persevere when the training gets tough, be diligent in building our skills and focus in order to achieve our personal best. As we cultivate the spirit of sportsmanship, we can learn to accept defeat gracefully and remain humble in the midst of victories. Let these positive quotations spur you, your family, friends and teammates on in both training and competitions. "NOTHING happens without desire - not in sports, not in business, not in LIFE." - Colin Dunbar
"A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don't intend to act on. But you can't have a goal you don't intend to act on." - Tom Morris
"In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are." - Arnold H. Glasgow
"The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score." - Bill Copeland
"What keeps me going is goals." - Muhammad Ali
"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals." - Larry Bird
"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." - John Wooden
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” - Michael Jordan
"We have got great individuals but this team is not about individuals." - David Beckham
"Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got." - Larry Bird
"Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too." - Michael Jordan
"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come." - Michael Jordan
"First master the fundamentals." - Larry Bird
"The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare." - Bobby Knight
"Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around." - Larry Bird
"Everyone wants to be on a winning team, but no one wants to come to practice." - Bobby Knight
"My main focus is on my game." - Tiger Woods
"You can always become better." - Tiger Woods
"You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last." - Kobe Bryant
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan
"The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity." - Lewis Grizzard
"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan
"What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!” - Alfred Adler
"The water is your friend. You don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move. ” - Aleksandr Popov
"It's always hard to recover after a loss. . . . I have to know when it's time to step up, not to revert back to bad habits but to keep ahead with the good ones." - Venus Williams
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan
"I think I learn a lot from losses and they make me a lot tougher." - Maria Sharapova
"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation." - Michael Jordan
"Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise." - Kobe Bryant
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." - Muhammad Ali
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." - Michael Jordan
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” - Lance Armstrong
"Don't give up, don't ever give up." - Jim Valvano
"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it." - John Wooden
"Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one." - Bobby Knight
"Some people say that I have an attitude - Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there." - Venus Williams
"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen." - Muhammad Ali
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden
"Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing." - Venus Williams
Failures and success are part and parcel of life as well as in sports. Though it can feel discouraging to experience defeat but we can learn to overcome failures and prepare ourselves for success. (Read more ...) Return From Sports Quotes To Home Page |
