Motivational Sports T-shirt Quotes & Sayings

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. — Jerry Rice

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception. — Bill Parcells

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world. — Adolph Rupp

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

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day. — Willie Mays

In the 8th inning you can't hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust. — Jim Abbott

Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural. — Willie Stargell

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. — Dick Vermeil

This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming. — Bill Parcells

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you. — Ruben Studdard

Discouraged?
As I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-baseline, I asked one of the boys what the score was.
"We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered with a smile.
"Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged."
"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. "Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet. — Jack Canfield

It is said that courage isn't the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues to be an accepted element of the locker room culture and homophobic language a coach's motivational tool, we can never dismiss the courage it takes for an athlete-on any level-to be openly gay. Bobby Blair may not be a household name, but his journey-from frightened collegiate athlete to empowered advocate-is one that has an important lesson for anyone who believes in the unifying power of sports. — LZ Granderson

I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders. — Bill Parcells

The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals. — Samantha Riley

The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him. — Bill Parcells

Don't dwell on mistakes, because it will only cause more. — Ned Crotty

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. — Larry Bird

You're going to feel good. But no matter how much you rehab you do, you can't speed up the healing process. I would rather see a guy come back in 14 months and pitch seven, eight or nine more years then come back in 10 months and get hurt again. You cannot mess with mother nature and father time. Nature will heal it if you give it time. — Tommy John

In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for. — Seth Godin

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. — Muhammad Ali

It ain't what you eat but how you chew it. — Delbert McClinton

If you stop fighting for what you want, what you don't want will automatically take over — Gordon Attard

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. — Bo Jackson

I don't believe the old statement, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If that were the case, then Cadillacs and Jaguars and Mercedes would never make a change. I've always looked for ways to make things better. — Vic Bubas

I miss all the shots I don't take. — Wayne Gretzky

I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house. — Bill Parcells

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it. — Lou Gehrig

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach. — Bill Parcells

I have an addictive personality. Sport is my drug of choice these days. It's one of the best drugs there is. It keeps you fit and healthy, even if, in the case of ironman, it pushes your body to the limit. The word "addiction" comes with negative connotations, but it doesn't have to be a damaging impulse. It's all about channeling your craving into something positive. — Chrissie Wellington

I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry. That's sport. — Noureddine Morceli

I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys ... I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games. — Denny Crum

I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is — Leisel Jones

I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision. — John Wooden