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Athletic Inspirational Quotes

“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.”

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.”

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”

“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”

“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.”

“Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.”

“What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”

“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 lose.”

“Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.”

“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.”

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

“Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.”

“I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.”

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.”

“It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.”

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

“If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?”

“Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.”

“I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.”

“To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.”

“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.”

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”

“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.”

“If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.”

“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.”

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

“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.”

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.”

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.”

“If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.”

“If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.”

“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”

“The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.”

“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.”

“The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”

“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”

“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.”

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”

“It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.”

“To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.”

“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”

“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”

“Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.”