Sports Quotes

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."

Dean Karnazes

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

Roger Bannister

"I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel."

Mia Hamm

"Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her."

Mia Hamm

"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

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

"When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge."

Terry Bradshaw

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

Babe Ruth

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

Babe Ruth

"You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation."

Homer Rice

"Discipline yourself so others don't have to."

"Be quick, but don't hurry."

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"The more I practice, the luckier I get."

Gary Player

"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated."

Arnold Palmer

"Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger."

Arnold Palmer

"Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work."

Jack Nicklaus

"If you put in the work, the results will come."

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."

"In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport."

Peggy Fleming

"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."

Bill Russell

"Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose."

Wilma Rudolph

"When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening any more."

Florence Griffith Joyner