45 Motivational Phrases for Athletes

45 Motivational Phrases for Athletes

1. A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.

2. Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

3. Athletes eat and train, they don’t diet and exercise.

4. Success trains, Failure complains.

5. It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up- Babe Ruth.

6. It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low.

7. My attitude is that if you push me towards a weakness, I will turn that weakness into strength.

8. The true spirit of sports is the same as the true spirit of life! It’s all play!

9. The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.

10. Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. – Bo Jackson

11. If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

12. Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’re won.

13. Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up – Rocky Balboa.

14. If at first you don’t succeed… Try doing what your coach told you to do the first time.

15. An Athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope and dreams in his head.

16. When you feel like quitting thing, think about why you started.

17. Talent is god given. Be humble. Fame is man-given, Be grateful. Conceit is self-given, be careful.

18. Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.

19. Do not give up. The beginning is always the hardest.

20. Good players inspire themselves. Great players inspire others.

21. A successful coach is one who is still coaching.

22. Start every week strong. Finish every week stronger.

23. Practice like you have never won. Perform like you’ve never lost.

24. Success isn’t final, failure isn’t fatal, it’s courage that counts.

25. If your mind tells your body to stop, You will stop. Train your mind first and enslave your body to it.

26. Practice like a champion.

27. Success doesn’t happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don’t look back.

28. Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.

29. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

30. Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown- Katherine Dunn

31. Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.

32. Don’t give up just because of what someone said. Use that as motivation to push harder.

33. Sometimes risk is what is needed to take you to the next level!

34. To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.- Mohammad Ali.

35. One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. – Knute Rockie

36. The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best. But, how good they are their worst.

37. I love sport as long as it’s kept as an entertainment – Not a meaning of life.

38. If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?

39. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win – Mahatma Gandhi.

40. Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.

41. If you don’t practice, you don’t deserve to win- Andre Agassi

42. The harder the battle the sweeter the victory.

43. There is no finish line. It’s a continuous journey and I’m always looking to push my limits.

44. It hurts now, but one day it’ll be your warm up.

45. If you cheat when training, you only cheat yourself- Dwayne Johnson.