Motivate Athletes Quotes

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

I think the sport needs the help to continue to motivate athletes.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

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

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

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.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

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.

To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

One man cannot make a team.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

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

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

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

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

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

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

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

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.

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

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

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.