Top Inspirational Field Hockey Quotes to Ignite Your Passion and Drive

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."

- Michael Jordan

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."

- Beverly Sills

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

- Albert Einstein

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."

- Steve Jobs

"Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this."

- Chantal Sutherland

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."

- Phil Jackson

"Teamwork makes the dream work."

- John C. Maxwell

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."

- Henry Ford

"The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it."

- Wayne Gretzky

"Don’t give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don’t listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself."

- Sidney Sheldon

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."

- Julie Andrews

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

- Marv Levy

"It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be."

- Paul Arden

"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."

- Wayne Gretzky

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take"

- Wayne Gretzky

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

- Walter Elliot

"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."

- Nadia Comaneci

"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph."

- Marvin Phillips

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

- Zig Ziglar

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

- Jim Rohn

"We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

- Bruce Lee

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

- Confucius

"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

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."

- Elbert Hubbard

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

- Steve Jobs

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."

- Robert Schuller

"Talent is a gift, but you can only succeed with hard work."

- Jean Beliveau

"Ninety percent of hockey is mental, and the other half is physical."

- Wayne Gretzky

"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice."

- Eric Lindros

"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."

- Arnold H. Glasow

"You can't be common; the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon."

- Herb Brooks

"This is your moment. You’re meant to be here."

- Herb Brooks

"The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully, we will also see that the lessons we’re teaching – not only the fundamentals of hockey but also the life values – are sinking in."

- Bobby Orr

"Have fun right now. If you do pursue this career, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to take hockey very, very seriously. But right now, just appreciate and build on whatever you love about the game. Enjoy hanging out with your buddies on the ice. No matter how big you make it, you’ll miss that time when it’s gone. Try that move out, look silly, and get better."

- Johnny Gaudreau

"Hockey is a metaphor for life. You have to be willing to get knocked down and get back up."

- Mike Eruzione

"Hockey is a game of fun. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right."

- Mark Messier

"When you pull on that jersey, the name on the front is a lot more important than the name on the back."

- Herb Brooks

"Great moments are born from great opportunities."

- Herb Brooks

"A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me."

- David Bailey

"Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful."

- Wayne Gretzky

"You have to have the maturity to accept that sometimes you don’t get to win."

- Mike Babcock

"Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game… I still love it to this day."

- J. J. Watt

"It’s more fun to be playing hockey than doing anything else."

- Connor McDavid

"Go out and have fun, and let’s see what happens."

- Doug Orr

"Hockey’s filled with great people, and it’s a great sport, and I encourage a lot of people to play it because of the relationships that you make in hockey."

- P.K. Subban

"I’m just a hockey player. I want to play every day."

- Martin Brodeur

"Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be."

- Mario Lemieux

"Sometimes you do the hard work and set the table, and somebody else eats the meal."

- Brian Burke

"The day you hear someone call you 'coach' is the day you have made a difference in someone's life."

- Mike Babcock

"There are no environments where you're only going to win because life just isn't like that."

- Bobby Orr

"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

"The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself."

- Mark Messier

"Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be."

- Khloe Kardashian

"The greatest hockey player who ever lived: Bobby Orr, and if you don’t believe me, I’m ready to fight about it."

- Don Cherry

"Determination today leads to success tomorrow."

"Stay positive, work hard, make it happen."

- Unknown

"Success in training comes with consistency, perseverance, and a positive attitude."

- Unknown

"Let your mistakes make you better, not bitter"

"Good players inspire themselves, great players inspire others"

"A good player plays where the ball is. A great player plays where the ball is going to be."

"There may be players better than you, but there is no excuse for anyone working harder than you!"

"Don’t go through life without goals"

"Winning means you are willing to go longer, work harder and give me than anyone else"

"Everyone has the desire to win, but only champions have the desire to prepare to win"

"The only difference between you and your goal is the story that you tell yourself as to why you can’t achieve it"

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn"

"Never give up on something you can’t live a day without thinking about"

"Hard work makes things look easy"

"Practice like you’ve never WON, Play like you’ve never LOST"

"You only see obstacles when you take your eyes off the goal"

"It’s not how BIG you are, it’s how big you PLAY!"

"It’s not about how good you are but how bad you want it"

"It takes balls to play hockey"

"My goal is to stop yours"

"When you feel like quitting, remember why you started."