“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.” FirstsDreamSuccessSportsEnjoyGoalLosesEffortAchieveAmountEthicsUltimateSightAthleteSpiteMotivational SportsDisplayWork EthicPersevereSetbackUltimate GoalBest Athlete Author:Dianne Holum
“There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.” SuccessSportsEgoGreedAthleteMotivational SportsPretenseProfessional AthletePomposity Author:Ted Simmons
“Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.” YearsSuccessGamesSportsWaitingHoursBehindsPracticeGloryAthleteTerrorMotivational SportsInexorable Book:Life on the Run Source: Life on the Run
“You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time.” WaySuccessTurnsSportsDealsBaseballAthleteMotivational SportsGripping Author:Jim Bouton
“I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor.” KidsHousePoorTreeGrewGrew UpSouthFarmsPalmsVenezuelaPalm TreesPoor Family Author:Hugo Chavez
“To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.” MenShouldLooksTwoImportantShowsCareRememberSuccessSportsDealsBreakSuccessfulPlayerIntegrityStandardsCourtPreparedAthleteCoachesHandlePetMotivational SportsBe A ManRemember YouRemembers YouAnd OffMan Of Integrity Author:Red Auerbach
“Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.” PeopleWorldShowsSuccessSportsPrideProveAthleteDrivenEnormousChampionMotivational SportsLacrosse Author:Nancy Lopez
“The values learned on the playing field-how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay healthy and deal with stress-prepare us for life.” UseValuesBeliefSportsGoalDealsPlayerRiskTeamFieldsHealthyTrainingCriticismStressEndureAthletePreparationMotivational SportsSetting GoalsPlaying FieldsTeam PlayerDealing With Stress Author:Donna de Varona
“When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.” Has BeensSuccessGamesSportsGoneYouthAthleteMotivational Sports Author:Bill Bradley
“The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing distinction to the jersey the players represent.” WellsSportsGoalCommonPlayerTeamBasketballGloryStriveAthleteDistinctionMotivational SportsUnitsJerseyCommon Goal Author:Dick Vitale
