Quotes About Effort

BLOOD, SWEAT & RESPECT. First two you GIVE. Last one you EARN.

This is the greatest thing about sports - you play to win the game. Hello? You don't play to just play it. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire, get out, because it matters.

Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying.

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

Sometimes, when we train, we simply have to go out to meet the Man with the Hammer

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.

You're never a loser until you quit trying.

Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back