INSPIRING QUOTES BY FAMOUS ATHLETES

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé

“The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé

“Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé

“The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé

“I was built for this, baby. I was born to survive.” – Simone Biles LOVE QUOTES ABOUT BLUE EYES

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That’s what makes you a winner.” – Venus Williams

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

“It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda

“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s how you respond to failure that determines your success.” – Nick Foles

“You don’t get what you wish for; you get what you work for.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose—it teaches you about life.” – Billie Jean King

“It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that’s where transformation happens. That’s how change occurs.” – Jillian Michaels

“You don’t have to be the best, but you do have to give your best.” – Vince Lombardi

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong

“What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.” – Dean Smith