"My mind-set back then was to always treat practice like a game, and it's still my mind-set today."
- Tom Bradymotivational , Tom Brady , athlete , mentality , mind , practice , sports
"Achievement is talent plus preparation"
- Malcolm Gladwellmotivational , Malcolm Gladwell , achievement , practice , sports , talents , training
"Everything negative- pressure, challenges -is all an opportunity for me to rise."
- Kobe Bryantmotivational , Kobe Bryant , athlete , challenges , difficulties , negativity , obstacles , opportunity , overcome , pressure , rise , sports
"Every game boils down to doing the things you do best, and doing them over and over again"
- Vince Lombardimotivational , Vince Lombardi , athlete , give-your-best , persistence , sports , step-by-step
"My ambition is always is to get better and better"
- Lionel Messimotivational , Lionel Messi , ambition , athlete , goals , progress , self-improvement , sports
"As long as you try your best, you are never a failure."
- John Woodenmotivational , John Wooden , competition , dedication , failure , give-your-best , sports
"The best decisions aren't made with your mind, but with your instinct."
- Lionel Messiinspiring , law-of-attraction , Lionel Messi , athlete , decisions , focus , instinct , mind , sports
"There is no glory in practice, but without practice, there is no glory."
- Travis Barkermotivational , Travis Barker , achievement , glory , practice , skill , sports , winning
"In fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm."
- Miyamoto Musashimotivational , Miyamoto Musashi , calmness , determination , focus , ready , self-control , sports
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
- Michael Jordaninspiring , motivational , Michael Jordan , athlete , enjoy , fun , play , sports
"The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow."
- Anonymousmotivational , Anonymous , experience , hard-times , hurt , pain , sports , strength , today , tomorrow , training , workout-exercise
"Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do."
- Bob Rossmotivational , Bob Ross , ability , learning , potential , practice , skill , sports , training
"The true value of winning isn't just the feeling of winning but who you need to become to get the winning."
- Robin Sharmamotivational , Robin Sharma , achievement , change , progress , self-improvement , sports , success , winning
"We don’t pray to win. We pray to play the best we can."
- Vince Lombardiinspiring , motivational , Vince Lombardi , excellence , extraordinary , give-your-best , glory , hard-work , passion , perspiration , play , potential , sports
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second."
- William Jamesmotivational , William James , conquer , fitness , inner , perseverance , power , sports , strength , workout-exercise
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
- Ralph Waldo Emersonmotivational , Ralph Waldo Emerson , ability , learning , persistence , practice , skill , sports , workout-exercise
"The secret of passion truly is purpose"
- Robin Sharmamotivational , Robin Sharma , business , commitment , enthusiasm , passion , purpose , secret , sports , work
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordanmotivational , Michael Jordan , action , athlete , boldness , dreams , goals , productivity , sports
"Success in life is a matter not so much of talent or opportunity as it is concentration and perseverance."
- Vince Lombardimotivational , Vince Lombardi , achievement , focus , opportunity , perseverance , resilience , sports , success , talents , winning
"Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence."
- Vince Lombardimotivational , Vince Lombardi , art , excellence , passion , perfection , perseverance , perspiration , resilience , sports , work
"Instinct transcends knowledge."
- Nikola Teslalaw-of-attraction , motivational , spiritual , Nikola Tesla , emotional-guidance-system , guidance , instinct , intuition , knowledge , spirit-guides , sports , transcendence
"Self-confidence is the first step toward success."
- Tommy Lasordamotivational , Tommy Lasorda , accomplishment , athlete , believe , confidence , self-esteem , sports , success
"I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordanmotivational , Michael Jordan , accomplishment , achievement , athlete , failure , fearless , mistakes , perseverance , persistence , regret , sports , success
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
- Thomas Painemotivational , Thomas Paine , accomplishment , change , conquer , difficulties , glory , hard-times , obstacles , sports , success , victory
"All power is from within and therefore under our control."
- Robert Collierinspiring , law-of-attraction , motivational , Robert Collier , energy , inner , invincible , limitless , power , self-control , sports , within-yourself
"Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation."
- Ann Voskampmotivational , Ann Voskamp , fitness , learning , practice , sports , training , transformation , workout-exercise
"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."
- Ken Venturiinspiring , motivational , Ken Venturi , athlete , comparison , competition , self , self-improvement , sports , success , training
"The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus."
- Robert Greenemotivational , Robert Greene , focus , mastery , practice , skill , sports , talents , training
"The zone is the essence and pinnacle of the athletic experience, for it reveals that, at their root, sports are a theater for enacting the drama of self-transcendence."
- Andrew Cooperinspiring , spiritual , Andrew Cooper , athlete , awakened , flow , in-the-zone , self-realization , sports
"It is that realm of play in which everything - skill, training, and mental discipline - comes together, and players feel themselves lifted to a level of peak performance in which limits seem to fall away."
- Andrew Cooperinspiring , motivational , Andrew Cooper , action , athlete , discipline , flow , in-the-zone , invincible , limitless , practice , skill , sports , training
"That edge, that intensity of concentration in which limitations are forgotten and the spirit is set free to soar."
- Andrew Cooperlaw-of-attraction , motivational , spiritual , Andrew Cooper , flow , focus , in-the-zone , invincible , limitless , spirit , sports
"The zone is a state of mind which is marked by a sense of calmness. In addition, there is a heightened sense of awareness and focus. Actions seem effortless and there is an increased belief that your dreams or goals can become achievable and real. In addition, there is also a sense of deep enjoyment when the person is in this unique, special and magical state of being."
- Jay Granatinspiring , law-of-attraction , motivational , Jay Granat , achievement , awareness , awesome , belief , calmness , dreams , empty-mind , euphoria , flow , fun , goals , in-the-zone , invincible , joy , magic , mind , powerful , sports , well-being
"It’s not the big prize I’m going to win at the end of the match, or anything else. It’s just having done something that’s totally pure and having experienced the perfect emotion."
- Billie Jean Kinginspiring , law-of-attraction , motivational , Billie Jean King , ability , action , alignment , athlete , emotion , flow , in-the-zone , pure , sports , tennis , work
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times."
- Bruce Leemotivational , Bruce Lee , fight , practice , skill , sports , talents , training , workout-exercise
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water."
- Bruce Leespiritual , Bruce Lee , alignment , emptiness , empty-mind , flow , in-the-zone , sports , water
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. If you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend."
- Bruce Leespiritual , Bruce Lee , alignment , emptiness , empty-mind , flow , in-the-zone , non-duality , sports , water
"Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day."
- Brian Tracymotivational , Brian Tracy , practice , productivity , self-improvement , sports
"I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me."
- Carrie Nationmotivational , Carrie Nation , alignment , god , in-the-zone , invincible , powerful , sports , strength , workout-exercise