Whether you play football, cricket, baseball, or any other sport, it is always important to associate with at least one sport. Sports keep you fit and healthy. It also teaches you teamwork and how to succeed in life. These sports quotes will inspire you to go out and play.
Best Sports Quotes
- “Passion first and everything will fall into place.” – Holly Holm
- “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. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?” ― Lance Armstrong
- “Leading a healthy, active lifestyle is all about momentum. If I’m in the middle of training it’s easy for me to keep that up. It gets tough when I’m on a break. I just try to start my day with a good breakfast and a quick walk, something simple that gets the day off on the right foot. The more I do that, the more I make healthy choices that reflect the good choices made earlier.” — Natalie Coughlin, Sports quotes about life
- “It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.” – Evander Holyfield
- “Kill them with success and bury them with a smile.” – Usain Bolt
- . “I start early and I stay late, day after day, year after year. It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.” – Lionel Messi
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“There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “When the mind is controlled and spirit aligned with purpose, the body is capable of so much more than we realize.” ― Rich Roll
- “Irrespective of whether you have the talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.” – Virat Kohli
- “I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.” – David Beckham
- “You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks
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“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti
- “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
- “I’m always having fun in training and in boxing. I think it’s because boxing is my passion.” – Manny Pacquiao
- “Never limit yourself, never be satisfied, and smile… It’s free!” – Jennie Finch
- “The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.” ― Phil Jackson
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“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Matt Biondi
- “In the end, it’s the extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more than that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness, and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don’t win, how can you lose?” – Jesse Owens
- “The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.” – Tim Duncan
- “The more I practice, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player
- “Worrying gets you nowhere. if you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.” – Usain Bolt
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“Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly.” – Shaquille O’Neal
- “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” – Ronnie Lott
- “Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.” – Babe Zaharias
- “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” – Babe Ruth
- “You can either stick to your goals, or you can just go through the motions and rest on your status. But it’s all about work.” – Kristine Lilly
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“I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.” – Sam Snead
- “I look into their eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, ‘I am going to bury you.” – Seve Ballesteros
- “I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.” – Serena Williams
- “When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.” – Natalie Gulbis
- “I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.” – Gale Sayers
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“I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.” – Billie Jean King
- “The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” – Arnold Palmer
- “I get nervous about performing 90% of the time. There’s always that little self-doubt, but I don’t let it get to me.” – Torrie Wilson
- “I train so hard to make sure failure doesn’t happen. If I do everything I can and run as fast as I possibly can and someone still beats me, I don’t think of that as a failure.” – Marion Jones
- “People want to project their own insecurities on others, but I refuse to allow them to put that on me. Just because you don’t think that you could be the best in the world doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t have the confidence to believe I can do anything.” ― Ronda Rousey, Sports quotes about confidence
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“When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.” – Steffi Graf
- “The way I’ve been brought up to is take critiques and turn them into positives in my game.” – Alex Morgan
- “All you can do is be your best self. I’m representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way.” – Misty Copeland
- “Aim high and don’t sell yourself short. Know that you’re capable. Understand that a lot of people battle with a lot of things – depression, body image or whatever else – so know that it’s not just you. You’re not alone.” – Holly Holm
- “I am no genius; I just worked hard like my other teammates, and I believe all my teammates can win the title as they work hard, too.” – Lin Dan
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“Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph
- “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 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
- “A trophy carries dust; memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton, Short sports quotes
- “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth
- “In baseball and in business, there are three types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” – Tommy Lasorda
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“You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that’s a great feeling.” – Shaun White
- “It doesn’t matter where you come from and no matter where you are or who you are, you can still make it.” – Gift Ngoepe
- “Character, character, character. First, second and third…we were pretty rusty initially. When you have a break for a few weeks you get a bit of rust.” – Graham Henry
- “This whole journey was never about making a roster or being on a team. It was about giving myself an opportunity. I wanted to take a risk, put myself out there and put my faith in action. Faith without action is dead. This whole journey, I’ve never felt so alive.” – Jarryd Hayne
- “Take your victories, whatever the may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” – Mia Hamm
