Alexander the Great
Military Leader, King
"Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all."
Motivational Sports quotes
Motivational Sports
164 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Well done is better than well said."
Billie Jean King
Tennis Player
"I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion."
Bruce Lee
Martial Artist, Actor, Director
"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."
Bill Russell
Basketball Player, Coach
"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
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"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer."
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"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."
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"The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."
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"I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street."
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"Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million."
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"There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded."
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"I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast."
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"Sport is a preserver of health."
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"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
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"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."
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"Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly."
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"Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average."
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"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."
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"In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory."
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"There are lies, damned lies and statistics."
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"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens."
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"Every man is the builder of a temple called his body."
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"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."
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"I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on."
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"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."
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