Inspirational Sports Quotes

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

Beaten paths are for beaten men.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Baseball is dull only to dull minds.

If you play to win as I do, the game never ends.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

It takes true strength of character to redefine your limits by pushing past them.

The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself. Running will do that.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.

The most prepared are the most dedicated.

Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience...When one door closes, another always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

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

I always thought records were there to be broken.

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.

You've got to have dreams to keep you going.

If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

We should make the most of life, enjoy it because that's the way it is!

Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you won't succeed.

The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

When I win awards, I think of my father.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

In hindsight everything is much clearer.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time its been a compliment to me.

No one did what I did last season and for this, I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World Player award?