1. "Competition is won or lost on the six-inch playing field between the ears."
   – Yogi Berra (Baseball)

2. "Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
   – Yogi Berra (Baseball)

3. "You have to train your mind like you train your body."
   – Bruce Jenner (Track and Field)

4. "The mind messes up more shots than the body."
   – Tommy Bolt (Golf)

5. "When you have fun, it changes all the pressure into pleasure."
   – Ken Griffey Jr. (Baseball)

6. "The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself."
   - Unknown

7. "The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness."
   – Mia Hamm (Soccer)

8. "Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift."
   – Chris Evert (Tennis)

9. "Talent is never enough. With few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers."
   – Magic Johnson (Basketball)

10. "The bottom line is you can’t be afraid to fail."
    – Jerry Colangelo (Basketball)

11. "Motivation gets you going. Discipline keeps you going."
    – Jim Ryun (Track and Field)

12. "I firmly believe that the only disability in life is a bad attitude."
    – Scott Hamilton (Figure Skating)

13. "A player who cannot control his temper on the court will never become a great player."
    – Bjorn Borg (Tennis)

14. "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."
    – Eleanor Roosevelt (Inspirational)

15. "The less tension and effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."
    – Bruce Lee (Martial Arts)

16. "An anxious mind cannot exist in a relaxed body... When one is anxious, so is the other."
    - Unknown

17. "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part."
    – Pierre de Coubertin (Founder of the modern Olympic Games)

18. "The team that makes the most mistakes will probably win. The doer makes mistakes, and I want doers on my team."
    – John Wooden (Basketball)

19. "Success is perishable and often outside our control. In contrast, excellence is something that’s lasting, dependable, and largely within a person’s control."
    – Joe Paterno (Football)

20. "You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world."
    – Lou Holtz (Football)

21. "Tell me where do you see yourself in three or four years?"
    - Unknown

22. "I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything."
    – Michael Jordan (Basketball)

23. "When you believe in yourself and the people you surround yourself with, you will win something really big someday."
    – Dick Vermeil (Football)

24. "Fretting about the shot you just made will get you another just like it."
    – Al Henderson (Golf)

25. "It's not between me and the pitcher. It's between me and the ball."
    – Matt Williams (Baseball)

26.   "I see the ball, I hit the ball."
          – Ken Griffey Jr. (Baseball)

27.   "The ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the
         most precious of all things sports bestows on us."
           – Olga Korbut (Gymnastics)

28.    "Great teachers don’t teach. They help students
          learn. Students teach themselves."
            – Jacob Neusner (Scholar)

29.     "The best way to predict your future is to create
          it."
             – Peter Drucker (Management Consultant)

30.     "It's not the will to win that matters—everyone
          has that. It's the will to prepare to win that
          matters."
             – Paul "Bear" Bryant (Football)

31.    "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with
         what you can do."
            – John Wooden (Basketball)

32.     "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t
          work hard."
             – Tim Notke (Basketball Coach)

33.     "Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become
          and the hours of practice, and the coaches who
          have pushed you, is a little girl who fell in love
          with the game and never looked back."
             – Mia Hamm (Soccer)

34.    "Winning means you're willing to go longer,
         work harder, and give more than anyone else."
            – Vince Lombardi (Football)

35.    "If you can’t outplay them, outwork them."
            – Ben Hogan (Golf)

36.    "Champions keep playing until they get it
         right."
            – Billie Jean King (Tennis)

37.     "There is no glory in practice, but without
          practice, there is no glory."
              – Unknown

38.   "Adversity causes some men to break, and others
         to break records."
            – William Arthur Ward (Author)

39.   "You can't put a limit on anything. The more you
        dream, the farther you get."
          – Michael Phelps (Swimming)

40.   "Volleyball is not just a game, it's a passion."
          – Giba (Brazilian Volleyball Player)

41.   "I never set out to be the best; I just wanted to be
         my best."
           – Karch Kiraly (Volleyball)

42.   "The will to win is important, but the will to
         prepare is vital."
           – Joe Paterno (Football)

43.   "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up."
          – Chinese Proverb

44.   "Work hard in silence, let your success be your
         noise."
            – Frank Ocean (Singer/Songwriter)

45.    "If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a
        way not to win."
           – Carl Lewis (Track and Field)

46.   "Sweat is the best form of skincare."
          – Gabrielle Reece (Volleyball)

47.   "If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be
         hard to beat."
           – Herschel Walker (Football)

48.   "The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
          – John Madden (Football)

49.   "It’s not about being the best. It’s about being
        better than you were yesterday."
          – Unknown

50.   "Be bold. If you’re going to make an error, make a
        doozy, and don’t be afraid to hit the ball."
          – Billie Jean King (Tennis)