Quotes about sports and motivational quotes about sports gathered from some of the greatest athletes of all time and their coaches. We hope you will find in our collection the quote about sports that will motivate you to do sports or with which to motivate those close to you. They are quoted about the importance of perseverance to become a champion, about what it means to love sports and how to get results either as a professional or as an amateur athlete.

Inspirational sports quotes

Let’s remember one of the ideas that emerges from almost all quotes about sports and motivational quotes from sports: success that involves physical activity, athletics, team sports, etc., as in any other activity, depends less on the innate qualities and talent, as well as the inner motivation, the mental strength to resist and persevere day by day until the results start to appear.

How you respond to the challenges in the second half of the match will determine what you will become after the match, a winner or a loser. – Lou Holtz
No matter the will to win, we all have it. The will to prepare to win matters… – Paul “Bear” Bryant
When I go out on the field, I have no pity for my brother either. I’m there to win. – Joe Frazier
You can motivate through fear or rewards. But both methods work only temporarily. The only type of motivation that lasts is self-motivation. – Homer Rice
Train as if you never won. Play the game like you’ve never lost.
Some people say I have a certain attitude – maybe it’s true. But I think you have it too. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – this trust turns you into an instant winner. – Venus Williams
A champion is not defined by his victories but by how he recovers after failure. – Serena Williams
The road to athletic fame is not marked by perfection, but by the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure.
I have always believed that it was not my physical abilities but my mental abilities that were my best qualities. – Bruce Jenner
First of all you have to have a passion for athletics. To love the morning hours, to love the running track, to love the rhythm on the track. And if you become very good at running, then it’s great. – Pat Tyson
A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t. – Jack Dempsey
You don’t motivate your teammates by showing them how great you are. You motivate them by showing them how good they are. – Robyn Benincasa
An athlete can’t run with his money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his soul and dreams in his mind. – Emil Zatopek
You will not always enjoy training, but you will always enjoy the results…
A player can be a crucial part of the team, but a man cannot make a team. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The most difficult skill to achieve in this sport is the one you experience when you give everything you have and you are still beaten no matter how hard you try. It is the special ability to continue after those moments, that is, to have the instinct of “killer”. – Eddie Reese
Looks in the mirror. This reflection is your competition.
The one who practices fair play is better than 50 who only preach about it. – Knute Rockne
Adversity causes some to give in, others to break records. – William A. Ward
I’ve missed more than 9,000 career hits. We lost almost 300 matches. I was awarded the winning shot 26 times and I missed. I missed again and again and again. And that’s why I was successful. – Michael Jordan
You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours. – Herb Brooks
Sports serve society by providing living examples of excellence. – George F. Will
The physical pain is temporary. It may take a minute, an hour, a day, a year, but at some point it will give way and something else will take its place. If I give up, however, the pain will remain forever.
The champions keep trying until they succeed. – Billie Jean King
It’s not about sneakers, it’s about what you do when you wear them. – Michael Jordan
When you believe in your own abilities you can run any distance, including the distance you once thought impossible to reach. – Michael D’Aulerio
I hated every minute of training, but I said to myself: don’t give up, suffer now and then live your whole life like a champion. – Muhammad Ali
Sometimes the best runs happen on days when you don’t feel like running.
Your biggest opponent is not the other player, it’s human nature. – Bobby Knight

Motivational quotes about sports

There is something incredibly inspirational and motivational when you see an athlete or a team that puts everything on the field and wins. In those moments you feel that anything is possible. That is why champions and successes in football, athletics, basketball, tennis and all other sports are role models for children, young people, but not only. Here’s what these champions have to say when it comes to how they find themselves motivated to continue and perform, from basketball player Michael Jordan to footballer Pele and swimmer Michael Phelps, multiple gold medalist at the Olympics.

You must first have expectations before you reach them. – Michael Jordan
Yes, everything you have, even when the odds are against you. – Arnold Palmer
If you don’t go all the way, why try again
– Joe Namath
Most people give up when success is near. Give up when they are less than a meter away. Give up at the last moment of the game. – Ross Perot
Only he who can see the invisible can realize the impossible. – Frank L. Gaines
There may be more talented people than you, but there are no excuses for people who work harder than you. – Derek Jeter
What you lack in talent you can compensate by motivation, by repeated attempts and always giving 110% of what you can. – Don Zimmer
I never lose – either I win or I learn.
The basic principle is to compete against yourself. It’s all about becoming a better version of yourself, about being better than you were a day ago. – Steve Young
Never play against an opponent. You are playing against yourself, against your highest standards and it is an extraordinary joy when you reach your limits. – Arthur Ashe
The harder a victory is, the greater the joy of victory. – Skin
In order to discover your potential, you must first find out what your limits are and then have the courage to overcome them. – Picabo Street
If you think it is possible, then the mind will find a way to turn trust into reality. – Ronnie Lott
If you don’t trust yourself, you will always find a way not to win. – Carl Lewis
Without self-discipline, success is impossible. Simply. – Lou Holtz
Excellence is a gradual result that comes from the continuous effort to be better. – Baby Riley
Win if you can, lose if you have to, but never give up. – Cameron Trammell
What to do with a mistake: admit it, admit it happened, learn from it and then forget it. – Dean Smith
doesn’t set limits. The more you dream, the further you go. – Michael Phelps
It’s not over until it’s over. – Yogi Berra
Never give up. Failure and rejection are just the first steps to success. – Jim Valvano
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t try. – Wayne Gretzky
The biggest compliment you could give me is that I work hard every day, that I never procrastinate. – Wayne Gretzky
Gold medals aren’t really gold. But from perspiration, determination and a rare alloy that is called courage. – Dan Gable
Don’t look at your watch. Do what he does: don’t stop. – Sam Levenson
It’s not getting easier, it’s getting stronger.
Be modest, wish yourself victory and always be the hardest working! – Dwayne Johnson
Most of those who don’t trust you do it because they don’t see in themselves that they could ever achieve what they set out to do. – David Goggins
Press yourself and urge yourself because no one else will do it for you.
It’s hard to beat someone who never gets beaten up. – Babe Ruth
When you think about quitting, remember why you started.

Quotes about sports in English

Great champions like the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali were not only excellent athletes, but also had a very healthy philosophy of life, which helped them a lot mentally and mentally to resist training, many of them painful and unbearable, to resist routine daily workouts and then to get over the defeats.

Here are some quotes about sports that are stronger and more expressive in English, so I left them in this language, but I also translated them, to have both options.

Champions aren’t made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them- a desire, a dream, a vision. – Muhammad Ali / Champions are not done at the gym. Champions are made of what they have somewhere deep inside them – desire, dream, vision. – Muhammad Ali
A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever. – Mary Lou Retton / The dust settles on a trophy. But the memories remain forever. – Mary Lou Retton
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement. – Marv Levy / Hardening can turn failure into an extraordinary achievement. – Marv Levy
Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears. – Laird Hamilton / Make sure your biggest enemy is not between your two ears. – Laird Hamilton
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is
The opportunity to play. – Mike Singletary / You know what my favorite part of the game
is The opportunity to play. – Mike Singletary
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. – Liane Cardes / Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – are the key to unlocking your potential. – Liane Cardes
It ain’t about how hard you can hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. – Sylvester Stallone / It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can be hit and keep fighting. – Sylvester Stallone
Talent may get you on the field, but it’s attitude and effort that will kee you there. – Ken Griffey / Talent can bring you on the field, but the attitude and effort are due to staying on the field. – Ken Griffey
On a team, it’s not the strength of the individual players, but it is the strength of the unit and how they all function together. – Bill Belichick / In a team, the power of the individual players does not matter so much, but their power as if they work together. Bill Belichick

We all know how beneficial sports are for health, less we think about how much it helps us mentally, how much it helps us to feel better and helps us to concentrate better. And for children, sport means even more than that, in addition to all these benefits, practicing one or more sports will help them make friends, be team members and be more disciplined in achieving their goals. I propose them further in life.

We hope you enjoyed some of our quotes about sports and that you have identified some that will motivate you or that will succeed in motivating those around you to exercise and even for performance sports.