30 Famous Motivational Sports Quotes For Athletes
Here are some motivational sports quotes of many famous people about their feelings and views about sports. Sports is a combination of usually competitive physical activities which, through organized or casual participation, may improve physical skills and ability with the purpose of providing entertainment to participants, or spectators. Sports are played from the time human beings came into existence. Gradually many different kinds of sports came into being and now today hundreds of sports are played in different parts of the world.
Several of these sports can be played between two participants or can be played with hundreds of participants, who are either classified in teams or are competing as individuals. Sports are usually played with some kind of rules or a set of them which every participant has to follow or he has to suffer a penalty for himself or his team.
Not only sports are a game of physical athleticism and physical dexterity as in Olympic Games, some of the sports also require several skills. Many events are held worldwide such as World Cups and Olympic Games which allow millions of spectators and thousands of participants all over the world to engage in the battle to bring glory to themselves and to their country.
Sports are not only played for fun but many sports mark the pride of a group of people or a nation. Sports are the reason many countries are recognized all over the world. Their skills are recognized by people living in all parts of the world. Many individuals for themselves or countries spend their lives in order to achieve glory in one form of sports or another. Many people favorite hobbies include playing or watching of some kind of sports.
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” No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned. “
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” Always earned, never given. “
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” Every damn day just do it. “
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” You have to go whole heartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having. “
– Frank Lloyd Wright
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” No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. ”
– Althea Gibson
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” It never gets easier. You just get better. “
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” For me, life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. “
– Arnold Schwarzenegger
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” Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else. “
– Vince Lombardi
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” 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
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” The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. “
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” Ambitious goals make for outstanding achievements. “
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” Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. “
– Lou Holtz
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” For better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. “
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” Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anybody else. “
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” I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it’s something I really enjoy. “
– Steven Gerrard
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” Success in not final failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. “
– Winston Churchill
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” Life is about one choice, give up or get up. “
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” The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle. “
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” Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth. “
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” Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to. “
– Bob Cousy
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” It’s not so important who starts the game, but who finishes it. “
– John Wooden
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” It’s a slow process, but quitting won’t speed it up. “
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” Think training’s hard? Try losing. “
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” I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. “
– Michael Jordan
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” I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘ Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion ‘. ”
– Muhammad Ali
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” Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day but eventually, it will subside and something else will take its place. If you quit, however, it lasts forever. “
– Lance Armstrong
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” I don’t make excuses. I make results. “
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” Some people want it to happen. Some wish it would happen, others make it happen. “
– Michael Jordan
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” It’s not how big you are. It’s how big you play. “
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” No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change. “