Motivational quotes for athletes

Lacking motivation? Don't feel like going to training? Going through a recent fight loss? Here is a list of quotes and slogans that will help you when your form drops and you lose the drive to keep working on yourself.

Motivational quotes about training and commitment

1. “The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.” Arnold Schwarzenegger

2. “When I fight someone, I want to break his will, I want to take his manhood, I want to rip his heart out and show it to him.” Mike Tyson

3. “Cry during training, laugh after a won fight.” Antoni Gołubiew

4. “Endurance is easily lost if one ceases to work on maintaining it.” Bruce Lee

5. “Training deals not with an object, but with the human spirit and human emotions.” Bruce Lee

6. “Our philosophy is simple: always fight to the end.” Łukasz Żygadło

7. "Work out, eat well, be patient. Your body will reward you."

8. “As you train, so shall you fight.” Bruce Lee

9. "My motto in life is that the only disability in life is a negative attitude." Jessica Long

10. "The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat." Howard E. Wasdin

11. “If you ever give only 90% in training, you will only give 90% when it matters.” Michael Owen

12. “Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.” Jackie Joyner-Kersee

13. “Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.” Jerry Rice

14. “Mental toughness is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.” Lynn Jennings

15. “Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden

16. “Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.” Bo Jackson

17. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” George Halas

18. "To break a habit, form another one that erases it."

19. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it being someone you're not."

20. "Everyone started somewhere."

21. "Never give up on a goal just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

22. “People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.” Lewis Cass

23. “There will be a million reasons why you can't. Focus on the few reasons why you can.” Kara Goucher

24. “It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.” Muhammad Ali

25. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” Jim Ryun

26. “Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.”

27. “You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

Motivational quotes about success and perseverance

1. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali

2. “A good time to launch an attack is when the opponent is preparing an attack.” Bruce Lee

3. “It's just sports. There are never guaranteed victories.” Krzysztof Hołowczyc

4. Pain is temporary, pride lasts forever.

5. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” Michael Jordan

6. “It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.” Babe Ruth

7. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” Pelé

8. “The goal of every game is to win. If you don't care about winning, there's no point in fighting.” Rachel Hawthorne

9. “Mix and vary your sparring so your opponent cannot plan an attack.” Bruce Lee

10. “It's harder to stay at the top than it is to get there.” Mia Hamm

11. “He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” Richard Kim

12. “The surest way to success is always to try just one more time.”

13. “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” Joe Paterno

14. "A winner is someone who gets up when they can't."

15. “When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.” Paul Brown

16. "Success is like a ladder. You can't climb it with your hands in your pockets."

17. "Today do what others won't, so tomorrow you will have what others desire."

18. "At first they will ask why you are doing it. Later they will ask how you did it."

19. “Weak trees fall so the strong ones can rise. You either eat or get eaten.” Richard Paul Evans

20. “If you don't believe you will win, fear and hesitation will hold you back, and your opponent will take advantage of it.” Michael James Sullivan

21. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi

22. “As long as you fight, you are a winner.” St. Augustine

23. “Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.” Winston Churchill

Motivational quotes about failure and giving up

1. “What should be done after a fall? What children do: get back up.” Aldous Huxley

2. “I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.” Michael Jordan

3. "The easier you come to accept failures as an integral part of progress, the more effectively you will be able to utilize them." Bob Bowman

4. "You won't win until you learn how to lose."

5. "Don't give up just because it's hard."

6. "Never, never, never, never give up." Winston Churchill

7. “You can have results or excuses. You can't have both.”

8. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Muhammad Ali

9. “I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” Tom Landry

10. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” Babe Ruth

11. Don't settle for being average. It's just as close to the bottom as it is to the top.

12. “Win if you can, lose if you must, but never quit!” Cameron Trammell

13. "Don't give up just because it's hard."

14. “Failure is a disease for which victory is the cure.” George R.R. Martin

15. “A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.” Ernest Hemingway