MULTI SPORT ATHLETE QUOTES

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pelé (soccer legend)

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi (football coach)

“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown (motivational speaker)

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (hockey legend)

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke (high school basketball coach)

“When you have a dream, fight for it. There’s a discipline for passion. It’s not about how many times you get rejected, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and keep on going.” – Lady Gaga (singer and actress)

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple Inc.)

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan (basketball legend)

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela (former South African president)

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson (humorist)

“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler (comedian and actress)

“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 (boxing legend)

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

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt (former US president)

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Bob Marley (musician)

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson (basketball coach)

“Champions believe in themselves even when no one else does.” – Unknown

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn (entrepreneur and motivational speaker)

“It’s not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.” – Grantland Rice (sportswriter)

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

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King (tennis legend)

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

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

“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 (theologian)

“Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.” – Bobby Knight (basketball coach)

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon (hairstylist and businessman)

“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” – John Wooden (basketball coach)

“Sports do not build character, they reveal it.” – Heywood Broun (journalist)