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A Select Collection of Quotes from Sports

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Francie Larrieu Smith: Quotes from Sports
The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

Raymond Moley: Quotes from Sports
The most vital test of a man’s character is not how he behaves after success, but how he sustains defeat.

Mike Ditka: Quotes from Sports
The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

Dan O'Brien: Quotes from Sports
The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I'm starting to believe that.

John Madden: Quotes from Sports
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

Winston Churchill: Quotes from Sports
The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.

Dr. Joyce Brothers: Quotes from Sports
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Vince Lombardi: Quotes from Sports
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Steve Young: Quotes from Sports
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

Vince Lombardi: Quotes from Sports
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

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