It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up.
— Vince Lombardi
For sport fans, olahraga adalah lambang kerja keras dan dedikasi . Untuk sampai ke puncak dari olahraga mereka, bahkan atlet paling berbakat pun harus memberikan semua yang mereka bisa.
Mengingat sifat dari olahraga, yang tidak mengherankan bahwa atlet memiliki beberapa hal inspirasi dan motivasi untuk mengatakan tentang kerja keras, kepemimpinan, ketekunan, menang, dan banyak lagi. Here are the top most motivational sports quotes in history:
1. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”
– Vince Lombardi
2. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 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
– Dan Gable
4. “The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”
– Wayne Gretzky
5. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
6. “Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.”
– Jim Valvano
7. “It ain’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berr
8. “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” – Mike Ditka
9. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali
10. “There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.” – Pat Riley
11. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
12. “It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”
– Evander Holyfield
13. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” – Babe Ruth
14. “Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do…but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there. ” – Venus Williams
15. “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.” – Satchel Paige
16. “Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.”
– William A. Ward
17. “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”
– Joe Paterno
18. “Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.” – Phil Jackson
19. “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
20. “Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.”
– John Wooden
21. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelp
22. “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath
23. “Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” – Larry Bird
24. "As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don′t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be." — Kobe Bryant
25. “Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.” – Ted Williams
26. “If you have everything under control, you’re not moving fast enough.”
– Mario Andretti
27. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
– Michael Jordan
28. “Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.”
– Bobby Knight
29. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” – Ronnie Lott
30. “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.”
– Carl Lewis
31. “If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
– Herschel Walker
32. “You find that you have peace of mind and
can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a
one hundred percent effort that you gave–win or lose.” – Gordie Howe
33. “My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”
– Hank Aaron
34. “I didn’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on the field and be prepared to play a good game.” – Tom Landry
35. “Most talented players don’t always succeed. Some don’t even make the team. It’s more what’s inside.” – Brett Favre
36. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
– Michael Jordan
37. “To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street
38. “Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.” – Lou Brock
39. “You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.”
– Homer Rice
40. “When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.” – Joe Frazier
41. “During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.” – Mickey Mantle
42. “I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.” – Peyton Manning
43. “Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.” – Eddie Robinson
44. “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” – J. Askenberg
45. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
– Arnold Palmer
46. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”
– Pele
47. “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
48. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but theres no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter
49. “You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself.” – Larry Brown
50. “I am living a dream I never want to wake up from.”
– Cristiano Ronaldo
Hope you enjoyed these 50 inspirational quotes for athletes. Don’t forget to staying strong and never giving up.
