57 Sports Quotes
A collection of sports quotes and sayings for encouragement and inspiration. Many of the sayings that are used in sports also apply to life. Let these words of wisdom
be ones that you apply in your day to day life.
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Hoop It Up
Basketball Saying
Poems of Encouragement
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Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase.
Joseph Pilates
Inspirational Poems
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
Don't Quit Poem
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You will never win if you retreat. You will never win if you just take a back seat.
Catherine Pulsifer, Win or Defeat
Poems About Winning
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Nelson Mandela
Poems On Life Lessons
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Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely
the demonstration of their championship character.
Alan Armstrong
Attitude Poems
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Batter UP!
Baseball Saying
Never Give Up Poems
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In the cheers of our grandchildren's games, we find echoes of our own victories and struggles, reminding us that life's adventures continue through the generations.
Amber R. Treeman
Poems About Grandchildren
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The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it's the opposition.
Nick Seitz
Thought Provoking Quotes
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An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
Emil Zatopek
Poems About Hope
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Baseball is the only place in the world that it is OK to steal.
Baseball Saying
Wisdom Poems
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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.
Knute Rockne
Actions Speak Louder Than Words Poems
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Bowling is a Ball
Bowling Saying
Funny Poems
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I play the game for the game's own sake.
Sherlock Holmes
Attitude Quotes
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One day of practice is like one day of clean living.
It doesn't do you any good.
Abe Lemmons
Sustainability Quotes
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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
Bo Jackson
Goals Quotes
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Dont look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
Wisdom Quotes
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Right now, your competition is training.
Unknown
Be The Best You Can Be
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Effort is a measure of a Man.
William James
Positive Quotes
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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
Inspirational Quotes
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I'll always be Number 1 to myself.
Moses Malone
Optimistic Quotes
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If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
M.H. Alderson
Challenge Quotes
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael Jordan
Motivational Quotes
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Every day you have to test yourself. If you don't, it's a wasted day.
Terry Butts
Adaptability Quotes
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Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.
William A. Ward
Adversity Quotes
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Wayne Gretzky
Choices Quotes
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The more I practice, the luckier I get.
Jerry Barber
Action Quotes
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All sports are games of inches.
Dick Ritger
Poems about Life
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You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.
Henry David Thoreau
Knowledge Quotes
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Winners don't wait for chances, they take them
Author Unknown
Positive Quotes About Change
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It's not over til it's over.
Yogi Berra
Thoughtful Quotes
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
Wayne Gretzky
Experience Quotes
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It is not how big you are, it's how big you play.
Author Unknown
Risk Quotes
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Winning means you're willing to go longer,
work harder, and give more than anyone else.
Vince Lombardi
Work Quotes
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You must play boldly to win.
Arnold Palmer
Believe Quotes
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Going the Distance
Sports Saying
Training Quotes
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I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.
Sam Snead
Fitness Quotes
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Players win games, teams win championships.
Bill Taylor
Quotes About Helping Others
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We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Vince Lombardi
Time Quotes
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Love is playing every game as if it's your last.
Michael Jordan
Enjoy Life Quotes
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Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Haywood Hale Broun
Opportunity Quotes
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Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical.
Yogi Berra
Humorous Quotes
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If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics
in somebody's back yard.
Jesse Owens
Defeat Quotes
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Never, never, never give up.
Winston Churchill
Discouragement
Quotes
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You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.
Roy Campanella
Life Quotes
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Sport is a preserver of health.
Hippocrates
Health Quotes
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You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others.
That's the mark of a true professional.
Joe Paterno
Be An Example Quotes
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You must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
Les Brown
Dream Quotes
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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
Solutions Quotes
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe Ruth
Failure Quotes
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"What does the Golden Rule mean most to you?"....He told the Golden Rule of any sport: "To me, it means to go the second mile."
William Arthur Ward
The Golden Rule
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Ingenuity plus courage plus work equals miracles.
Bob Richards
Courage Quotes
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I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers.
I learn winning from coaches.
Harvey Penick
Learning Quotes
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It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports.
What is tough, is being good every day.
Willie Mays
Difficult Times Quotes
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon
Patience Quotes
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You can't make a great play unless you do it first in practice.
Chuck Noll
Proverbs
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve.
Find another way.
Satchel Paige
Overwhelmed Quotes
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