Inspiring Athlete Quotes

Rest if you must, but never quit.

Effort is between you and you.

Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

You have to train your mind like you train your body.

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

You can't put a limit anything.

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

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.

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Never put an age limit on your dreams.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

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.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

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.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.