Quotes & Sayings About Sports Motivational

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

Whatever is going on inside your head has everything to do with how well you end up performing. — D.C. Gonzalez

Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life. — Fran Tarkenton

If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are. — Bear Bryant

One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You should live your own life and live up to your own expectations, and those are the only things I really care about it. — Tiger Woods

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

The burn is my girlfriend, failure is my ex. I'm married to the track and engaged to success. — Andre Bramble

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

You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve. — Rick Pitino

Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings. — Tony La Russa

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

Be cool to the pizza dude. — Steele Stanwick

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure. — Laozi

The practice sessions of aspiring champions have a specific and never-changing purpose: Progress. Every second of every minute of every hour, the goal is to extend one's mind and body, to push oneself beyond the outer limits of one's capacities, to engage so deeply in the task that one leaves the training session, literally, a changed person. — Matthew Syed

You've got to go through hell ... Before you get to heaven ... Let's do 10 more — Frank Giampaolo

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. — Jim Valvano

Pain? Yes, of course. Racing without pain is not racing. But the pleasure of being ahead outweighed the pain a million times over. To hell with the pain. What's six minutes of pain compared to the pain they're going to feel for the next six months or six decades. You never forget your wins and losses in this sport. YOU NEVER FORGET. — Brad Alan Lewis

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me. — Jonny Wilkinson

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

I have no regrets because I know I did my best - all I could do. — Midori Ito

Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to. — Satchel Paige

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

Character is what you do when no one is watching. — Paul Rabil

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

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. — Bobby Knight

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

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right. — Pat Summitt

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

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

If you want to be successful in the gym, in the classroom, in college or when you get out and go into the world of work, that is going to be determined by how hard you are willing to work. — Robert Hughes

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

I love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week. There's no grey area, there's instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We're not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened. — Bill Parcells

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers. — Pat Riley

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts. — Homer H. Norton

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

I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that. — Usain Bolt

A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself. — Pete Carril

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it. — Bill Parcells

Play every game as if your job depended on it. It just might. — Casey Stengel

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

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

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

If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills. — Bobby Unser

All sports are games of inches. — Dick Ritger

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

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

As a general man I tried watching movies, playing sports, going to picnics and other entertainments but I still got bored, then I tried heroism and now I am hero, and I never get bored. — Amit Kalantri

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

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other. — Darrell Royal

We were over-whelming underdogs. — Yogi Berra

Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses ... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation. — Gichin Funakoshi

When you know both yourself as well as your competition, you are never in danger. To know yourself and not others, gives you half a chance of winning. Knowing neither yourself or your competition puts you in a position to lose. — Sun Tzu

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it. — Mary Lou Retton

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

As your training integrates Mind, Body and Spirit, enjoy the process. Your journey to the marathon finish will last a few hours. Your journey to the start will influence a lifetime. — Gina Greenlee

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

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. — Lynn Jennings

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way. — Matt Holliday

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

The one that works the hardest comes out on top. — Debbie Meyer

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

There is no such thing as life in-between. — Pat Riley

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 was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see". — Dick Fosbury

Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients. — Bill Parcells

We're not playing solitaire out here. — Bill Parcells

I fight for perfection — Mike Tyson

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times. — Bill Parcells

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters. — Michael Owen

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

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average. — Jim Rohn

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

I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time than to sleep later and spend the entire day controlled by time. — Dan Bouchard

In life, be a participant, not a spectator. — Lou Holtz

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment. — Bill Parcells

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things. — Steve Alford

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year. — Bill Walsh

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. — Francie Larrieu Smith

There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt. — Bill Parcells

You hear the same thing every year but that is because it is true. In a short series, pitching is very dominant. — Carl Erskine

I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team. — Diana Nyad

I want to stay involved in gymnastics forever, but the Olympics really opened up doors in terms of motivational speaking. I'd like do some type of broadcasting or commentating for gymnastics events on TV, or even give my insights as a gymnast into other sports; I'm kind of a sports junkie in general. — Jonathan Horton

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me — Michael Phelps

Always think of passing the ball before shooting it. — John Wooden

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals. — Diana Nyad

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

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore. — Lasse Viren

When you're prepared, you're more confident. When you have a strategy, you're more comfortable. — Fred Couples

One man cannot make a team. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Concentration is born on the practice court ... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit. — Martina Navratilova

Every passion has its destiny. — Billy Mills

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have. — Henry Ward Beecher

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

You measure a player from the head up. — Al McGuire