Top 200 Athlete Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your Instinct.”

— Lionel Messi

152. “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

— Yogi Berra

153. “I don’t need easy, I just need possible.”

— Bethany Hamilton

154. “To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.”

— Michael Jordan

155. “It hurts, but that’s all it does. The most difficult part of the training is training your mind. You build calluses on your feet to endure the road. You build calluses on your mind to endure the pain. There’s only one way to do that. You have to get out there and run.”

— David Goggins

156. “Work until your idols become your rivals.”

— Anonymous

157. “Just live every day like it’s your last day and be the best person that you can be.”

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

158. “You never lose until you actually give up.”

— Mike Tyson

159. “I don’t worry about my opponent or their game, I worry about my game.”

— Conor McGregor

160. “Love me or hate me. It’s one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I’m a veteran, a champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I’m loved for the exact same reasons.”

— Kobe Bryant

161. “Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.”

— Michael Jordan

162. “You sleep on a win and you’ll wake up with a loss.”

— Conor McGregor

163. “Don’t run with your legs, run with your heart.”

— Dean Karnazes

164. “If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.”

— Bernard Hopkins

165. “Do whatever you have to do to make sure you chase your legacy every second of your life.”

— Ray Lewis

166. “The only limitations one has are the ones one places on oneself.”

— Muhammad Ali

167. “I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.”

— Michael Phelps

168. “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

— Michael Jordan

169. “I was born to race and to win.”

— Lewis Hamilton

170. “You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”

— John Wooden

171. “When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great at something, they’ll tell you.”

— Walter Payton

172. “Do I hate my opponents? How can I hate someone who has the same dreams as me?”

— Conor McGregor

173. “Patience. I will become what I know I am.”

— Michael Jordan

174. “I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.”

— Michael Jordan

175. “All I know is grind.”

— Ray Lewis

176. “A runner doesn’t just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?”

— Robin S. Sharma

177. “Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.”

— Mia Hamm

178. “You can observe a lot just by watching.”

— Yogi Berra

179. “I’m just here so I won’t get fined.”

— Marshawn Lynch

180. “I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”

— Michael Jordan

181. “Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.”

— Mike Tyson

182. “Don’t let fatigue make a coward out of you.”

— Steve Prefontaine

183. “What I want is to be number one.”

— Steve Prefontaine

184. “If you don’t fall, how are you going to know what getting up is like?”

— Stephen Curry

185. “You are either the best or you are the worst. There is no in between.”

— Conor McGregor

186. “Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.”

— Robert Horry

187. “Being afraid on the court means you’re not confident of your skills.”

— Michael Jordan

188. “Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.”

— Billie Jean King

189. “Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.”

— Lance Armstrong

190. “If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.”

— Bill Shankly

191. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. ”

— Yogi Berra

192. “You just stay patient, that’s all.”

— Kobe Bryant

193. “If you’re ready to take your game to the next level, you gotta change that mindset.”

— Eric Thomas

194. “There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?”

— Michael Jordan

195. “It ain't over till it's over.”

— Yogi Berra

196. “When you have a well developed body and you're confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

197. “If you keep chasing your dreams, one day you’ll catch them.”

— Dean Karnazes

198. “Who’s gonna dare to be great?”

— Muhammad Ali

199. “Think back 5 yrs ago. Think of where you’re at today. Think ahead 5 yrs and what you want to accomplish. Be Unstoppable.”

— Dwayne Johnson

200. “I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”

— Kobe Bryant