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Quotes About Motivation

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.
~ Ben Hogan
Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.
~ Jim Rohn
You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.
~ Lou Holtz
Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
~ Daley Thompson
You can do more, you can always do more.
~ Dan Marino
The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.
~ Francie Larrieu Smith
A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.
~ Misty Hyman
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
~ Bobby Knight
I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do
~ Summer Sanders
After you've done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that's going to push you towards - to find your inspiration.
~ Elvis Stojko
Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.
~ D. Wayne Calloway
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
~ Lance Armstrong
The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself. Running will do that.
~ Marc Parent
The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals.
~ Samantha Riley
Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort.
~ Elgin Baylor
The most prepared are the most dedicated.
~ Raymond Berry
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
~ Lou Holtz
I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up
~ Michael Phelps
Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.
~ Nate Diaz
The best thing you can do is to keep riding your snowboard and love what you're doing. Without a passion for the sport it's difficult to take your riding to the next level.
~ Mark McMorris
The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you.
~ Paul Brown
You've got to have dreams to keep you going.
~ Steve Waugh
Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.
~ Lionel Messi
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.
~ Bud Wilkinson