Inspiring Quotes for Athletes Overcoming Injuries

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

- Michael Jordan

"Success is built out of faith, an undying passion, and a relentless drive"

- Stephen Curry

"He who argues for his limitations gets to keep them."

- Richard Bach

"To persevere is important to everybody. Don’t give up. Don’t Give in. There is always an answer to everything."

- Louis Zamperini

"Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement."

- Arnold Palmer

"Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."

- Michael Jordan

"The road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure"

- Nike

"Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up"

- Dean Karnazes

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."

- A. Camus

"The hard days are the best because that’s where champions are made."

- Gabby Douglas

"Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can’t handle."

- Sanya Richards-Ross

"Goals should never be easy. They should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable."

- Michael Phelps

"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

- C.S. Lewis

"Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is"

- Vince Lombardi

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."

- Gandhi

"Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble"

- Benjamin Franklin

"I am wishing you all a speedy recovery from all niggles, pain, injuries, and surgeries!"

- Camille

"No athlete is truly tested until they’ve stared an injury in the face and came out on the other side stronger than ever"

- Anonymous

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

- Anonymous

"Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over"

- Anonymous

"Never let a stumble in the road be the end of a journey."

- Anonymous

"Today I will do what others won’t so tomorrow I will do what others can’t"

- Anonymous

"When you feel like quitting, think about why you started"

- Anonymous

"Turn your setbacks into comebacks"

- Anonymous

"When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is"

- Anonymous

"The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment."

- Anonymous

"Being challenged is inevitable. Being defeated is optional"

- Anonymous

"The ones who say ‘You can’t’ and ‘You won’t’ are probably the ones scared that you will"

- Anonymous

"Remember the guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else."

- Anonymous

"One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat."

- Anonymous