Inspirational Quotes for Athletes

Perhaps you're an athlete. Or your son or daughter is. Or maybe your spouse is a sports fanatic. Whatever the case, you will enjoy these inspirational quotes for athletes from around the world.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

-Heywood Hale Broun

I cannot have survival as my only goal. That would be too boring. My goal is to come back in my best running form. It is good for me to have that goal; it will help me.

-Ludmila Engquist (Olympic champion hurdler facing cancer and chemotherapy)

When I came back, after all those stories about Hitler and his snub, I came back to my native country, and I could not ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what's the difference?

-Jesse Owens

There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open.

-Nike

Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity.

-Michael Johnson

I always loved running...it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.

-Jesse Owens

Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts.

-Steve Prefontaine

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.

-Ann Trason

Tough times don't last but tough people do.

-A.C. Green

What matters is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

The gun goes off and everything changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

-Patti Sue Plummer

You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.

-Frank Shorter

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

-Doug Larson

The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

-Robert Frost

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

-Danny Harris

I have met my hero, and he is me.

-George Sheehan

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James De Kirk

 

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