Because athletes have focus, discipline, grit, and resilience, people tend to pay close attention to what they say and often find their words inspirational. What they have to say often transcends sports and can be applied to the art of living.
- It doesn’t matter if you look different. You’re still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream. – Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
2. The worst thing you can do in this life is second guess yourself and feel like you have to live a double life. I feel amazing just being able to know that I’m myself every day and I don’t have to hold anything back.- Collin Martin, American soccer player
3. It’s important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What’s done is done. – MS Dhoni, Indian cricket player
4. What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave. – Andre Agassi, American tennis player
5. I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal and that’s not pulling the trigger. – Mia Hamm, American soccer player
6. I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing. – Kim Clijsters, a Belgian tennis player
7. If there’s anything I’ve learned is communications. It could be a marriage, it could be your family, it could be on the court, it could be someone you don’t like, it could be a coworker, it doesn’t matter. If you don’t communicate things are gonna break down, things are gonna fail. Jeremy Lin, American basketball player.
8. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali, boxer and activist
9. Once you give them the power to tell you you’re great, you’ve also given them the power to tell you you’re unworthy. Once you start caring about people’s opinions of you, you give up control. – Ronda Rousey, American martial artist and wrestler
10. If you want to take your mission in life to the next level, if you are stuck and don’t know how to rise, don’t look outside of yourself. Look inside. Don’t let your fears keep you mired in the crowd. Abolish your fears and raise your commitment level to the point of no return, and I guarantee you that the champion within will burst forth to propel you toward victory. – Caitlyn Jenner, Olympic decathlete
11. Pull me down, I will come back stronger! – Dutee Chand, Indian Olympic sprinter
12. I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but how they recover when they fall. I have fallen several times. Each time I just get up and dust myself off and I pray, and I am able to do better, or I’m able to get back to the level that I want to be on. – Serena Williams, American tennis player
CONCLUSION
You can gain wisdom from professional athletes who have special ways to motivate themselves and put themselves in a positive state of mind. These things can be applied to all life situations which will enable one to be successful, be a high achiever, and a possibility thinker.
Where do you see yourself? Do you have a positive, assertive attitude or defeatist attitude? Do you have any kind of support group? If you feel led, please comment below.
Great quotes. I like # 8. It takes courage to be brave but I’d rather try and give it my best than live a life of wondering “What if?” in the end.