Free Motivational Quotes on Sports Mindset [PDF]

1. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

2. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

3. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

4. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi

5. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke

6. “The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown

7. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

8. “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Bobby Unser

9. “The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

10. “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

11. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

12. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to is.” – Arnold Palmer

13. “A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.” – Jack Dempsey

14. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps

15. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda

16. “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.” – Lance Armstrong

17. “I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.” – Shaquille O’Neal

18. “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson

19. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” – Archie Griffin

20. “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

21. “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward

22. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden

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

24. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan

25. “Today, you have 100% of your life left.” – Tom Landry

26. “You can’t always be the most talented in the room, but you can be the most competitive.” – Pat Summitt

27. “What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith

28. “I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.” – Peyton Manning

29. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter

30. “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” – Pat Riley

31. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

32. “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you and you don’t have to listen.” – Jessica Ennis

33. “It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.” – Bear Bryant

34. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

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

36. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” – Ronnie Lott

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

38. “A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton

39. “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” – Heywood Broun

40. “You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.” – Larry Brown

41. “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth

42. “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” – Mike Ditka

43. “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

44. “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.” – Jillian Michaels

45. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé

46. “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.” – Mark Spitz

47. “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” – Dan Gable

48. “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden

49. “Show me a gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure.” – Knute Rockne

50. “Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

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