Motivational Quotes For Athletes
No matter the sport, athletes the world over, of any age, are some of the most motivated people on the planet. The best athletes have excellent coaches, but they're also self-motivated. Coaches not only help athletes work on the technical and physical aspects of their games, they also inspire and motivate them. After all, much of an athletes ability to compete and win time after time is due to mental prowess on top of physical skill. In both individual and team sports, athletes need mental conditioning, and words of encouragement. That's what cheerleaders and fans are for, of course, but that isn't enough. In individual sports, coaches are often behind the scenes, or seem to sit quietly while the athlete competes. In tennis, for example, we see Roger Federer (who has been known to go coach-less) out there going at it with his opponent, and barely think about his coach (if at all). Whether you're playing on a team and trying to get over the goal line or put the puck in the net, or you're an individual with a goal of crossing the finish line in the 100m sprint, you need motivation. "Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate." "Most battles are won before they are fought." "Our greatest battles are that with our own minds." "If you hate your job, don't worry, you won't have it for long." Confidence And Character... "I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs." "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is just what people say you are." "Maybe you can't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had." "Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, and civilization work." "The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret." "In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without a total 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do this." "The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move." "Don't give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the second half." "The Truth is that Running Hurts. No one gets faster without meeting their personal pain barrier straight on. No amount of junk miles, fun runs or affirmations are going to get you over the hill at the five mile mark in a 10k. However, what will pull you through is solid prep with hard hill runs and interval work." "Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there." "Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." "My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces." "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." "If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards." "The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight." "You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." "The answer to three questions will determine your success or failure. "Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." "Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just a decoration." "You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose." "I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it." "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." "Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play." "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." "The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up." "Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." "The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before." "If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting." "The man who has no imagination has no wings." "I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline... I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious." "When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition." "Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass." Just doin' it... "Just do it." "Just go out there and do what you've got to do." "Just do what you do best." "Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it." Perseverance, Hard Work and Come Backs... "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." "I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me." "I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win -- if you don't, you won't." "Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?" "Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure." "The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory." "Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose." Winners, Losers, And Success... "Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time." "The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships." Jump from Motivational Quotes For Athletes back to Sports Motivational Quotes Jump from Motivational Quotes For Athletes back to the home page of Inspirational Sayings in Action
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