Famous sports motivational quotes

I hope these sports quotes will inspire you to achieve your best through good sportsmanship, teamwork and faith.

Sports Motivational Quotes #1

"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."- Muhammed Ali

Sports Motivational Quotes #2

" I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much trouble."- Rudyard Kipling

Sports Motivational Quotes #3

"If you win through bad sportsmanship, that's no real victory."- Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Sports Motivational Quotes #4

"When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less."- Paul Brown

Sports Motivational Quotes #5

"It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts."- Addison Walker

Sports Motivational Quotes #6

"Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way."-Jim Courier

Sports Motivational Quotes #7

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

Sports Motivational Quotes #8

"You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims."- Harriet Woods

Sports Motivational Quotes #9

"The only one who can tell you 'you can't ' is you. And you don't have to listen."- Nike

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"Accept challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."- Unknown

Sports Motivational Quotes #11

"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up."-Vince Lombardi

Sports Motivational Quotes #13

"Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly."- Shaquille O'Neal

Sports Motivational Quotes #14

"Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results."- Unknown

Sports Motivational Quotes #15

"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."- Michael Jordan

Sports Motivational Quotes #16

"I can't play being mad. I go out there and have fun. It's a game, and that's how I am going to treat it."- Ken Griffey, Jr.

Sports Motivational Quotes #17

"In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don't win, how can you lose?"- Jesse Owens

Sports Motivational Quotes #18

"Gold medals don't make champions . . . hard work does."
-Unknown

Sports Motivational Quotes #19

"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it."- Knute Rockne

Sports Motivational Quotes #20

"Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success."- Jim Harbaugh

Sports Motivational Quotes #21

"Good coaches teach respect for the opposition, love of competition, the value of trying your best, and how to win and lose graciously."
- Brooks Clark