Self Motivation Sports Quotes

#1. After I knock out Randy Couture, I'll fight for the heavyweight title, the real heavyweight boxing title in October or November, come back and fight in the UFC in January or February. It doesn't matter, I'm a two sport athlete. The oldest man to ever do that.

James Toney

#2. You only fail if you don't finish the game. If you finish you win. You have to measure what you started out with by what you overcome.

Mike Webster

#3. Everyone wants to win, but I think winners believe they deserve to win. They've made the commitment, they've followed the right path, and they've taken the right steps to be successful.

Amy Ruley

#4. Have confidence in yourself and don't let people put you down or make you feel weak or worthless, because the more they put you down, the more you need to get back up and prove how wrong they are.

Layne Beachley

#5. Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.

Mia Hamm

#6. A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there.

Dawn Staley

#7. A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat ... His game is of such motivation and strategy that only a few people understand his craft.

Bill Bradley

#8. You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

Brandi Chastain

#9. Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.

Mike Tyson

#10. Set goals for things you can control. In my case, I can't control the marks from the judges, but I can control how I train every day, and I can control my performance.

Claire Carver-Dias

#11. Pressure bursts pipes. I thank God for giving me peace of mind to overcome pressure. The difference between winning and losing is when pressure hits.

Evander Holyfield

#12. I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is.

Lynn Jennings

#13. Boxing is an all year round sport. You never know when they're going to call you, so you got to stay ready.

Adrien Broner

#14. A lot of times the expectations of you are so high that no matter what you do you are never going to be able to live up to those expectations. So you better go out and do the best you can and enjoy it.

John Elway

#15. You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

Muhammad Ali

#16. I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.

Mark Philippoussis

#17. Your body is a sacred-temple of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#18. Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.

Mia Hamm

#19. Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability.

Terry Bradshaw

#20. Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.

Mia Hamm

#21. Things that aren't important, that have nothing to do with winning and losing, don't have to be a rule.

Peter Richmond

#22. What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

Anson Dorrance

#23. Getting more exercise isn't only good for your waistline. It's a natural anti-depressant, that leaves you in a great mood.

Auliq Ice

#24. You don't have to win to be a winner. If you give 100 percent, getting yourself mentally and physically prepared to play the game, if you look in the mirror and can say you give it everything to win, that's it. You're not going to win every time.

Duke Snider

#25. When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.

Manny Mota

#26. People don't win because they're physically stronger. It's because they're stronger between the ears.

Alex Shaffer

#27. I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

Michael Jordan

#28. You expect success, you respect failure.

Greg Norman

#29. You have to have a lot of motivation, a lot of heart and be able to work hard. You can never be down on yourself because baseball is a sport that will bring you down [at times].

Bengie Molina

#30. You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good.

Lou Lamoriello

#31. I am a winner. I just didn't win today.

Greg Norman

#32. I don't think you ever will yourself to win. I think you prepare yourself the best you can, get yourself in the best mindset you can get in, and go after it.

Jack Nicklaus

#33. Success shouldn't be measured by how much you have but by how much you give back.

Danny Villanueva

#34. I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.

Venus Williams

#35. The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

Norman Vincent Peale

#36. If you're not prepared, it's not pressure you feel, it's fear.

Bruce Bochy

#37. Physical activity promotes high productivity.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#38. For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there

James Gibbons

#39. I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

Jimmy Connors

#40. Competitive Skaters must be prepared for a lot of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, your love for the sport.

Oksana Baiul

#41. It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion.

Johnny Miller

#42. A pitcher never gets me out. I get myself out. That's no disrespect to the pitcher, but there should be no excuse for failure. You can't have an excuse to fail.

Mike Piazza