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“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.” – Evander Holyfield
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 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
“I didn’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on the field and be prepared to play a good game.” – Tom Landry
“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant
“What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith
“If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” – Carl Lewis
“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” – Ted Williams
“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.” – Doug Williams
“It ain’t about how hard you can hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” – Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” – Bruce Jenner
“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” – Ronnie Lott
“Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.” – Jim Valvano
“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.” – Satchel Paige
“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
“When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.” – Bill Shoemaker
“Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“You’re only as strong as your weakest link.” – Phil Jackson
“Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.” – Lou Brock
“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” – Dan Gable
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali
“What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.” – Andre Agassi
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Matt Biondi
“You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.” – Larry Brown
“Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.” – Cal Ripken Jr.
“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.” – Mickey Mantle
“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” – Mike Singletary
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno
“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.” – Arthur Ashe
“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.” – Sandy Koufax
“You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave–win or lose.” – Gordie Howe
“If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.” – Mario Andretti
“Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.” – Bobby Knight
“I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.” – Peyton Manning
“Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” – Mike Singletary
“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.” – Eddie Reese
“There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.” – Pat Riley
“Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Liane Cardes
“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.” – Lou Holtz
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” – William James
“To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street
“The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” – Steve Young
“Number one is just to gain a passion for running. To love the morning, to love the trail, to love the pace on the track. And if some kid gets really good at it, that’s cool too.” – Pat Tyson
“Good is not good when better is expected.” – Vin Scully
“You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” – J. Askenberg
“You’ve got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.” – Chris Evert
“Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
“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
“I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” – Tom Landry
“Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.” – Brett Favre
“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.” – Hank Aaron
“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps
“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.” – Knute Rockne
“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.” – Wayne Gretzky
“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath
“Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.” – William A. Ward
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Marv Levy
“When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.” – Paul Brown
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.” – Phil Jackson
“The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.” – Ken Doherty
“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.” – Homer Rice
“It ain’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
“Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” – Larry Bird
“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” – Pat Riley
“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks
“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.” – Ross Perot
“An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.” – Emil Zatopek
“Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.” – Eddie Robinson
“Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do…but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there. ” – Venus Williams
“Win If You Can, Lose If You Must, But NEVER QUIT!” – Cameron Trammell
“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.” – Mia Hamm
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby
“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.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.” – George F. Will
“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” – Laird Hamilton
“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.” – Mark Spitz