Motivational Quotes for Sports

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"

"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."

"Dedication makes dreams come true."

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does."

"You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help the team win. I think you have to take the good with the bad."

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

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

"Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success."

"A champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to believe in you?"

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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."

"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."

"Everything negative-pressure, challenges-is all an opportunity for me to rise."

"Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise."

"I don’t like to lose - at anything - yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks."

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."

"Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change."

"Things don’t correct themselves, you’ve got to go out there and work hard to correct them."

"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it."

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

"If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it."

"Dreams don't have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you'll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that's great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that's part of the process."

"I think sometimes in life the biggest challenges end up being the best things that happen in your life."

"You put all the other stuff aside and go out and do your job, and mine is to be the best I can be for my teammates."

"The most important thing is you must put everybody on notice that you’re here and you are for real."

"I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out."

"I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts."

"I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you."

"When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off."

"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time."

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

"Fatigue makes cowards of us all."

"Family’s first, and that’s what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game."

"Sometimes we're tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths."