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10 Motivational Sports
Quotes
Motivational Sports
Quote 1
"I’ve done what I've
had to do to survive but I've always managed, no matter what
the challenges have been, to put my own spin on
it."
Shane Warne:
(born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria,
Australia.) Former Australian international cricketer who is
widely regarded as the greatest leg spin bowler in the history
of cricket.
Motivational Sports
Quote 2
"The difference between the impossible
and the possible, lies in a person's
determination."
Tommy Lasorda:
(born September 22, 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania.USA.)
Former Major League baseball pitcher and manager. In 2008 he
marked his 59th year with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
organization, the longest tenure anyone has had with the
team.
Motivational Sports
Quote 3
"Doctors and scientists said that
breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would
die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after
collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was
dead."
Sir Roger Bannister
CBE:
(born 23 March 1929 in Harrow, England.)
Former English athlete best known as the first man to run the
mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished
neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before
retiring in 2001.
Motivational Sports
Quote 4
"There is no room in
your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself
with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less
chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer
intensity."
Jack Nicklaus:
(born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio,USA.) Former
professional golfer who currently holds the record for the most
victories in major championships.
Motivational Sports
Quote 5
"You become a champion
by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight
one more round."
James Corbett aka "Gentleman
Jim":
(born 1866 - 1933 in Liverpool, England.) Former heavyweight
boxing champion, best known as the man who defeated the great
John Sullivan. He has been called the "Father of Modern Boxing"
because of his scientific approach and innovations in
technique. Some think that he changed prizefighting from a
brawl to an art form.
Motivational Sports
Quote 6
"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."
Michael Jordan:
(born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. USA.) Former
American professional basketball player. His leaping ability,
illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line
at Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air
Jordan" or "His Airness." He also gained a reputation as
one of the best defensive players in basketball.
Motivational Sports
Quote 7
"You'll miss 100 per cent of the shots
you never take."
Wayne Gretzky OC:
(born
January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario. Canada.) Former
Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is the current
part-owner, head of hockey operations, and head coach of the
Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League.
Motivational Sports
Quote 8
"My motto was always to keep swinging.
Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off
the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."
Henry "Hank" Aaron:
(born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. USA.) Former
American baseball player whose Major League Baseball career
spanned from 1954 through 1976. His most notable achievement
was setting the MLB record for most career home runs with 755,
which he held for 33 years until being surpassed by San
Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds on August 7, 2007.
Motivational Sports
Quote 9
"It's not whether you
get knocked down; it's whether you get up... ...The
real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back.
That's real glory. That's the essence of it."
Vince Lombardi:
(1913 - 1970 born in Brooklyn, New York. USA.) Former American
football coach. He was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers
of the NFL from 1959-67, winning five league championships
during his 9 years.
Motivational Quote
10
"Perseverance is the hard
work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you
already did."
Newton "Newt"
Gingrich:
(born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17,
1943 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,USA.) American politician and
author, who served as the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, Time magazine
selected him as the Person of the Year for his role in leading
the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of
Democratic Party majorities in that body.
The Best
Inspirational and Motivational Quote
But this quote is my all time favourite for sports
motivation, although it didn't come from someone who is known
for playing Sport. For any player doing it tough for whatever
reason, it expresses exactly what is important;
something that people who never try can never
understand...
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who
points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of
deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who
strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again;
because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but
who does actually strive to do the
deed.
Who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion,
who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in
the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst,
if he fails, at least he fails while daring
greatly.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and
timid souls who know neither victory nor
defeat."
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
:
(1858-1919 born in New York, New York. USA.) The 26th President
of the United States from 1901-1909. A leader of the Republican
Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New
York and a professional historian, naturalist, explorer,
hunter, author, and soldier. He is famous for his "cowboy"
image and, originating from a story from one of Roosevelt's
hunting expeditions, because teddy bears are named after
him.
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