"Don't give up. Don't ever give up."
- Jim Valvano
Courage
"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision."
- Muhammad Ali
Motivation
"The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals."
- Knute Rockne
Teamwork
"Success isn't final, failure isn't fatal, it's courage that counts."
- Alicia Coutts
Courage
"Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
- Muhammad Ali
Courage
"The best motivation always comes from within."
- Michael Johnson
Motivation
"You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life."
- Pete Rose
Empowerment
"It ain't over till it's over."
- Yogi Berra
Resilience
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."
- Muhammad Ali
Overcoming Obstacles
"If you can't accept losing, you can't win."
- Vince Lombardi
Overcoming Obstacles
"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
- Babe Ruth
Courage
"I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities."
- John Robinson
Self-confidence
"Nothing will work unless you do."
- Maya Angelou
Hard Work
"The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done."
- Arnold Palmer
Motivation
"The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing."
- Jackie Joyner Kersee
Happiness
"Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in."
- Lou Holtz
Motivation
"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter."
- Dan Reeves
Growth
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Self-esteem
"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide."
- Mickey Mantle
Teamwork
"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"
- Joe Namath
Ambition
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Strength
"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability."
- Bruce Jenner
Belief in Self
"The measure of who we are is how we react if something doesn’t go our way."
- Usain Bolt
Resilience
"To succeed…You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you."
- Tony Dorsett
Motivation
"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records."
- William Arthur Ward
Courage
"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."
- Ben Hogan
Happiness
"Tough times never last, but tough people do."
- Robert Schuller
Resilience
"Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement."
- Charles F. Kettering
Overcoming Obstacles
"Know yourself and you will win all battles."
- Lao Tzu
Self-awareness
"The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight."
- Arthur Ashe
Balance
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
- Bobby Knight
Teamwork
"It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square."
- Pete Rose
Motivation
"The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back."
- John Madden
Philosophy
"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-awareness
"A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning."
- Chuck Noll
Happiness