Athlete Motivational Sayings and Quotes
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A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.
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Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one’s character.
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There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
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The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.
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Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
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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.
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Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.
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To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
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The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.
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Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.
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You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.
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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
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If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.
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Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
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What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.
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Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.
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Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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A winner is a loser who was willing to fail and get up, fail and get up, fail and get up, fail and get up and win.
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You have to believe in yourself when no one else does, that makes you a winner right there.
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What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t’ is you. And you don’t have to listen.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
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Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.
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The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.
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Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
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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.
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Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
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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.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret.
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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
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Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.
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Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
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Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
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It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.
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Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
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The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.
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