Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 5

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

It's great to win, but it's also great fun just to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.

What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?

In war there is no substitute for victory.

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.

If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

I fight for perfection

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

The one man team is a complete and total myth.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

Success is failure with the dirt brushed off.

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

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

I think all of us create our own miracles.