100+ Sport Motivation Quotes to Fuel Your Workout & Crush Your Goals

“Success is no accident—it’s hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pelé

“It always seems impossible until it's done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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

“Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Champions aren’t made when they win. They are made when they have to fight to win.” – Sylvester Stallone

“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Unknown

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

“Great things never come from comfort zones.” – Neil Strauss

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

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

“I train like a beast, then expect to perform like a beauty.” – Joe Theismann

“The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn

“Success doesn’t just come and find you, you have to go out and get it.” – Messi

“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.” – Henry Ford

“Excellence is never an accident. It’s always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution.” – Arianna Huffington

“The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous

“Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.” – Anonymous

“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean

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

“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson

“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi

“A successful team beats with one heart.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“There is no ‘I’ in team.” – John Madden

“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” – Mattie Stepanek

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford

“The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.” – Ray Lewis

“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard

“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other’s fund of collective intelligence.” – Mike Schmoker

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” – Winston Churchill

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” – Brené Brown

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair

“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.” – Michael Jordan

“Fear is natural. Courage is learned.” – Chris Kyle

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela

“Fear has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run, or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are always stronger than we know.” – Jon Krakauer

“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” – Unknown

“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – David Goggins

“Your body achieves what your mind believes.” – Unknown

“The last mile is the loneliest, but it leads to victory.” – Seppo Hovi

“Greatness happens when you’re willing to suffer longer than others.” – Robin Sharma

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers

“If you want to touch greatness, you have to push past pain.” – Eric Thomas

“Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson

“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. Mcintyre

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Self-belief is the most important ingredient for success.” – Muhammad Ali

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – J.M. Barrie

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey

“Success begins with self-confidence.” – Anne de Courcy

“Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.” – Robin Sharma

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock

“Excellence is a habit, not an act.” – Aristotle

“You don’t have to be extreme, just consistent.” – Joel Osteen

“It’s not about being the best. It’s about being better than you were yesterday.” – Unknown

“Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun

“Consistency is more effective than intensity.” – Unknown

“Success is never final, failure never fatal. It’s courage that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“Progress comes from consistency, not perfection.” – Unknown

“An inch of movement is still movement.” – Unknown

“Show up every day, even when you don’t feel like it.” – Serena Williams

“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey

“I play because I love the game.” – Kobe Bryant

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“Love what you do and do what you love.” – Steve Jobs

“Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing.” – Warren Buffett

“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” – Steve Jobs

“The love of the game outweighs the pain of defeat.” – Derek Jeter

“When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life.” – Confucius

“Passion is the genesis of genius.” – Tony Robbins

“Let your passion drive your purpose.” – Simon Sinek

“If you can’t be passionate about what you do, find something else.” – Tom Hopkins

“True passion drives persistence through pain.” – Eric Thomas

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.” – Napoleon Hill

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

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

“Failure is not falling down, but refusing to get up.” – Chinese Proverb

“Fail forward. Every mistake teaches you something.” – Jack Canfield

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“Failure is the tuition you pay for success.” – Walter Brunell

“It’s not how many times you fall, it’s how many times you get back up.” – Vince Lombardi

“Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality.” – Bruce Lee

“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” – John Wooden

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Champions are made when no one is watching.” – Kobe Bryant

“Winning isn’t everything, but it’s the only thing.” – Vince Lombardi

“A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.” – Jack Dempsey

“Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.” – Napoleon Hill

“I’ve never lost a game. I’ve just run out of time.” – Jim Valvano

“Champions are made in January.” – Bill Belichick

“The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win.” – Vince Lombardi

“You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” – Zig Ziglar

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Bobby Unser

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

“Champions behave like champions before they’re champions.” – Al Sieber

“Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi