Motivational Sports Quotes

I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

I pray not for victory, but to do my best.

Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.

Before every shot, I go to the movies

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

I never drop a player I only make changes.

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

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.

I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a lot of things can be thrown at me, but it's about how much I am prepared to let them affect me

There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.

Don't make excuses, make good.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

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.

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

First master the fundamentals.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal.

When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.

If you are ever going to achieve as much as you can in a sport, you are going to have to be willing to make a leap of faith to learn how much your body can handle.

Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game.

Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

Great teams work harder after a tough loss.

Teammates are there for each other even after the noise of the crowd is gone.

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic.

Most bodybuilders only have a hazy notion of what they want to look like. They do not say, 'I am going to be a winner.' The negative impulses around the gym can be incredible. I would hear bodybuilders complaining, 'Oh,no! Not another set!' That destroyed them. I have always believed that if you're training for nothing, you're wasting your effort!

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Surpassing my achievements feels incredible; I want to replicate that again and again.

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.