Motivational Sports Saying

Motivational Sports Saying

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that."
Bill Shankly

The sports page records people's accomplishments; The front page nothing but their failures.
Jutice Earl Warren

The purpose of any athletic endeavor is to challenge human limits both on and off the playing field."
Unknown

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
Eric Lindros

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Coach Darrel Royal

"A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are."
Ara Parashegian

"Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"In sports, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing athletes who make the fastest progress and those who ultimately become their best make extensive use of mental imagery. They use it daily as a means of directing what will happen in training, and as a way of pre-experiencing their best competition performances."
Terry Orlick

My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces.
Wilma Rudolph

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

"Coaches who can outline plays on a blackboard are a dime a dozen. The one's who win get inside their players and motivate."
Vince Lombardi

Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.
George Leonard

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
George F. Will

"Sports don't build character; they reveal it".

"My favorite part of the game is the opportunity to play."
Mike Singletary

"Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly."
Shaquille Neal

"Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period."
Lou Holtz

"It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them."
Lou Holtz

God gave us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends.
Ethel Watts Mumford



They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.
Joseph Conrad