Sports quotes which will motivate you to do something great in live

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Sports Quotes

“I don’t count my situps. I only start counting once it starts hurting. ”                                - Muhammad Ali

    “Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.”                                                          – Jimmy Valvano

“I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”                          – Michael Jordan

“The only way to prove you are a good sports person is to lose.”                                             – Ernie Banks. 

“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

“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.” – Mark Spitz

“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

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.”.                                            – Satchel Paige

“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”.                                    – Evander Holyfield

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.” – Phil Jackson

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”.                              – Vince Lombardi

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”.                                     – Tim Notke

“Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”.   – Michael Jordan

“Good is not good when better is expected.”           – Vin Scully

“It’s not the will to win that matters — everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”.                         – Paul “Bear” Bryant

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.” – Dean Karnazes

“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”.                                    – Andre Agassi

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”                                                             – Lou Holtz


“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.”.                                                 – Satchel Paige

“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.” – Jim Valvano

“Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.”                                      – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

“When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.”– Bill Shoemaker

“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”– Bruce Jenner

“Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at it, that’s cool too.”                – Pat Tyson

“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”– Ross Perot

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”– Mary Lou Retton

“You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.”– Larry Brown

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”                                  – Ted Williams

“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.”– Knute Rockne

“The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”          – Ken Doherty

“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

“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

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.”       – Laird Hamilton

“It’s not the will to win that matters everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”                         – Paul “Bear” Bryant

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”                                    – Rogers Hornsby

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”                                                – William James

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”                                                 – Mike Singletary

“Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.”                                       – Liane Cardes

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”– Billie Jean King

“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.”– Herb Brooks

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”                                          – Tommy Lasorda

“Good is not good when better is expected.”– Vin Scully

“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.”               – Lou Holtz

“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”                                – George F. Will

“The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”                           – Steve Young

“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”                        – Andre Agassi

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

                                      – Pele. 

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ”                                   – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar