Quotes on Inspiring Athlete

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.