Motivational Quotes for Athletes

Motivational Quotes for Athletes

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
-- Jim Ryun

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
-- Jane Smiley

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
-- Stephen R. Covey

Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
-- Kenneth Hildebrand

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
-- Andrew Carnegie

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.
-- Wayne Dyer

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.
-- Edmund Hillary

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
-- Robert H. Schuller

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
-- Norman Vincent Peale

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.
-- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
-- Vince Lombardi

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.
-- Michael Jordan

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
-- Rosalyn Carter

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
-- Alexander Graham Bell

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I've missed more than 9000 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

Great Motivational Quotes for Athletes... Great quotes by great people. These great quotes can be used by all athletes, plus more quotes by sport type –basketball, football, running and more.

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