inspirational sports quotes2017

• When you’re riding, only the rac~e in which you’re riding is important.”
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• “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.”10
• – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
• 96. “I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”
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• 95. “A trophy carries dust. M~emories last forever.”
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• 94. “Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at it, that’s cool too.”
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• 93. “Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute~ of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.”
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• 92. “You have to do something in your life that is hon~orable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.”
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• derek jeter
• “There may be people that have more talent than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter (Photo credit: Keith Allison)
• 91. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”36
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• 90. “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”
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• 89. “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.”
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• 88. “The five S’s of sport~s training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”
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• 87. “An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.”
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• 86. “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.”
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• 85. “When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.”
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• 84. “Never give up, never give in, and when the upp~er hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win w~ith the dignity that we absorbed the loss.”
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• 83. “It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.”
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• 82. “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
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• “I've learned that something const~ructive comes from every defeat.” ===============================
• “I’ve learned that something con~structive comes from every defeat.”
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• 81. “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”
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• 80. “Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.”
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• 79. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”
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• 78. “I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.”
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• 77. “If you can’t outplay them~, outwork them.”
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• 76. “People ask me what I do in winter when t~here’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
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• 75. “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”
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• 74. “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”
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• 73. “If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.”
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• 72. “Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.”
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• 71. “Good is not good when better is expected.”
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• 70. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
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• 69. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
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• Herb Brooks
• “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.
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• 68. “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.”
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• 67. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”
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• 66. “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”
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• 65.“How you respond to the challe~nge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.”
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• 64. “Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.”
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• 63. “Sports serve society by prov~iding vivid examples of excellence.”
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• 62. “The principle is compe~ting against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”
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• John Madden
• “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” – John Madden (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
• 61. “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.”
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• 60. “You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.”
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• 59. “What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”
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• 58. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”
• – Pele
• 57. “One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ”
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• 56. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”
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• “Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.” – Cal Ripken Jr. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
• 55. “Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.”
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• 54. “You’ve got to take the ~initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.”
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• 53. “When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.”
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• 52. “The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getti~ng beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.”
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• 51. “The mind is the limit.~ As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.”
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• “When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.” 
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• 50. “When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.”
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• 49. “During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”
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• 48. “I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.”
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• 47. “Leadership, like coaching~, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.”
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• 46. “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.”
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• 45. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
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• “Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.” –
• 44. “Most talented players don’t alway~s succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.”
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• 43. “You have to expec~t things of yourself before you can do them.”
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• 42. “To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”
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• 41. “Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.”
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• 40. “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.”
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• Gordie Howe
• “You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave–win or 
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• 39. “You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hun~dred percent effort that you gave–win or lose.”
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• 38. “My motto was always to keep~ swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”
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• 37. “I didn’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence whe~n it steps on the field and be prepared to play a good game.”
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• 36. “If you train hard, you’ll no~t only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
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• 35. “Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.”
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• Carl Lewis
• “If you don’t have confide~nce, you’ll always find a way not to win.” 
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• 34. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”
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• 33. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”
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• 32. “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
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• 31. “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.”
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• 30. “Make each day your masterpiece.