Ability will get you to the top, character will keep you there. (John Wooden)
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. (William A. Ward)
Always remember, your opponent wants to win as much as you do
Be humble in victory and gracious in defeat
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. (John Wooden)
Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. (Vince Lombardi)
Discipline is the refining fire which enables talent to become ability. (John Marcum)
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. (John Wooden)
Doubters don't win. Winners don't doubt.
The essence of sports is that while you're doing it, nothing else matters, but after you stop, there is a place, generally not very important, where you put it. (Roger Bannister)
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. (Bobby Knight)
Extra discipline makes up for a lack of talent and a lack of discipline quickly siphons away extra talent, that's why it's frequently the most disciplined rather than the most gifted rise to the top.
Fans don't boo nobodies. (Reggie Jackson)
First master the fundamentals. (Larry Bird)
The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. (Peggy Fleming)
Good is not enough if better is possible.
If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today. (Mike Krzyzewski)
If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it. (Ronnie Lott)
If you think small things don't matter, think of the last game you lost by one point.
In practice, if you don't like to do it, it is probably good for you. (D. Cotrell)
It takes no talent to hustle. (Hans Schmidt)
It's easy to have faith in yourself and discipline when you're a winner, when you're Number 1. What you've got to have is faith and discipline when you are not yet a winner. (Vince Lombardi)
It's not the hours you put in, it's what you put in the hours.
it's not the push from behind, or the pull from up front, but rather the drive from within. (Steve Bankston)
It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. (Addison Walker)
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.
It's only a game until you lose.
Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious. (Al Maguire)
Lack of confidence is born from a lack of preparation. (Shannon Wilburn)
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. (Darrel Royal)
The more you practice the luckier you get!
One player practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
Perfection is not attainable but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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. (Vince Lombardi)
R.E.P.S. - Repetition Elevates Personal Skills. (Conor Gillen)
Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you. (John Wooden)
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. (Tom Landry)
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. (John Wooden)
Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity. (Branch Rickey)
There are two pains in life, the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret. Take your choice.
Think and then act. Never act and then alibi. (Hank Iba)
To be successful, you don't have to do extraordinary things. Just do ordinary things extraordinarily well. (John Rohn)
To win, all you have to do is get up one more time than you fall.
Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-the-last mistake
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat
Victory or defeat is not determined at the moment of crisis, but rather in the long and unspectacular period of preparation.
What to do with a mistake - recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. (Dean Smith)
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
A winner is a dreamer who never quits
A winner never quits and a quitter never wins
Winners dwell on their desire, not their limitations
Work hard to make things easier. (Pete Carill)
You are only defeated if you give up one more time than you get up
You can only win if you aren't afraid to lose
You can't win if you don't begin
You don't demand respect, you earn it. (Steve Seidler)
Your toughest competition in life is anyone who is willing to work harder than you. (Casey Coleman)
You're never a loser til you quit trying
You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win and you're never as bad as they say when you lose. (Lou Holtz)