Famous Quotes From Champions

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
Muhammad Ali  – Boxing

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“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  – Boxing

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

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“It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”
Muhammad Ali – Boxing

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“The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.”
Sam Snead – Golf

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“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
Jack Dempsey – Boxing

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“Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man.”
Pele – Football (Soccer)

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“Great teams are not made up of many well-rounded players. Great teams are made up of a variety of players, each having their own strengths.”
Pele – Football (Soccer)

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“I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.”
Michael Jordan – Basketball

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“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
Wayne Gretzky – Hockey

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“You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Basketball

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“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
Billie Jean King – Tennis

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“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”
Bobby Unser – Race Car Driver

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“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”
Evander Holyfield – Boxing

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“I’ve always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.”
Hakeem Olajuwon – Basketball

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“When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.”
Katarina Witt – Figure Skating

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“To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.”
Seve Ballesteros – Golf

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“They say football is America’s greatest game, but it’s not. The greatest game in America is called opportunity. Football is merely a great expression of it.”
Joe Kapp – Football

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“I think it’s the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.”
John McEnroe – Tennis

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“If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!”
Charles Barkley – Basketball

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“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”
Jerry Rice – Football

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“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”
Jerry West – Basketball

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“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
Herschel Walker – Football

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“I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.”
Larry Bird – Basketball

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“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” ”Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
Babe Ruth – Baseball