Quotes About Motivation

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.

For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.

Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.

Attitude is the whole thing in football. Every team has the talent and the coaching. Motivation makes the difference. The teams that win stay healthy and interested.

You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.

I love this sport and I absolutely love the support you guys give me; and I will continue to do it until I can't.

One loss is good for the soul, Too many losses is not good for the coach.

Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.

I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do, so you can be who you've always wanted to be.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success!

Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.

Leadership is one of sports intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, Follow me.

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

Never tell 'em how many lettermen you've got coming back. Tell 'em how many you lost.

The way you motivate a football team is to eliminate the unmotivated ones.

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.

I'm a big believer in the whole world of sports.