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Quotes About Determination

You don't win on emotion. You win on execution.
~ Tony Dungy
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
~ Joe Louis
The game isn't over till it's over.
~ Yogi Berra
It takes sacrifice as well as talent.
~ Lionel Messi
Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.
~ Ben Hogan
We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.
~ Kevin Garnett
My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.
~ Bo Jackson
I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.
~ Cathy Freeman
Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.
~ Cal Ripken, Jr.
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
~ Wilt Chamberlain
Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.
~ Mike Ditka
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
~ Ty Cobb
What you feel doesn't matter in the end; it's what you do that makes you brave.
~ Andre Agassi
You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!
~ Tony Burton
I believe you can do 99 percent of the things right but not possess a positive winning attitude, and you will fail.
~ Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.
~ Neil Simon
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
~ Lou Holtz
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
~ Pete Sampras
A winner never whines.
~ Paul Brown
In the world there are believers and then there are non-believers. For all of you non-believers out there, I have something to say to you...never underestimate the heart of a champion.
~ Rudy Tomjanovich
When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
~ Steffi Graf
Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.
~ Roberto Duran
There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.
~ Joe Frazier
a lot of football success is in the mind. you must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
~ Bill Shankly