“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you can do it.” – Lou Holtz
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.” – John Wooden
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” – Dan Gable
“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” – Herb Brooks
“Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.” – LeBron James
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – PelĂ©
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” – Steve Prefontaine FRIENDS COME AND GO BUT FAMILY IS FOREVER QUOTES
“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps
“Sports teach you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.” – Billie Jean King
“It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, it’s about the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” – Matt Biondi
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t’ is you. And you don’t have to listen.” – Nike
“Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won.” – Bill Bowerman
“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.” – Archie Griffin