Motivational Sports Team Quotes

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service. ~ David Ogilvy

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me. ~ Jonny Wilkinson

You don t get the breaks unless you play with the team instead of against it. ~ Lou Gehrig

You don't just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again. ~ Mia Hamm

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception. ~ Bill Parcells

When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity. ~ Michael Jordan

My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team. ~ Don Shula

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there. ~ Phil Jackson

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing ... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! ~ Lou Holtz

I have three messages," said the breathless Nyad."One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team. ~ Diana Nyad

Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out. ~ Pat Riley

Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere ... to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang though together. ~ Tony Dungy

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. ~ Pat Riley

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings. ~ Tony La Russa

On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does. ~ Red Holzman

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times. ~ Bill Parcells

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association? ~ Lou Holtz