I shall find a way or make one (Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam) -Hannibal

Only through toughness can you discover your real limits -Dr. Jim Loehr

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift -Chris Evert

Our biggest obstacles are between our ears, what we tell ourselves -Veikka Gustafson

Your mindset can either be your greatest opponent or your greatest motivator -Frank Medrano

You are, at this moment, standing in your own "acres of diamonds" -Earl Nightingale

He conquers who endures -Perius

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves -Orison Swett Marden

Little by little, one travels far -JRR Tolkien

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift -Steve Prefontaine

Every thought we think is creating our future -Louise Hay

The idea that talent defines the limits of greatness simply doesn't hold up -James E. Loehr

Great competitors are great actors -James E. Loehr

If you can dream it, you can do it -Walt Disney

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do -Walter Gagehot

You don't start climbing a mountain to get to the middle. Why be content with being average? -James Hart

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become -Charles Dubois

There is no success without hardship -Sophocles

Things may come to those that wait, but only the things left by those that hustle -Abraham Lincoln

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them -M. Scott Peck

Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men -JFK

It isn't sufficient just to want. You've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want -FDR

The will must be stronger than the skill -Muhammad Ali

Success depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character -Arnold Palmer

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success -Coby Bryant

The Happiness in your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts -Marcus Aurelius

You have the power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength -Marcus Aurelius

If you're not physically and mentally prepared for what life is going to throw at you, then you're just going to crumble, and then, you're no good to nobody -David Goggins

To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach -Arnold Schwarzenegger

Today, you have 100% of your life left -Tom Landry

I am Invincible, as long as I'm alive -John Mayer

Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible -Frank L. Gaines

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period -Lou Holtz

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement -Matt Biondi

Never limit yourself by believing you're not talented enough or smart enough, or that you haven't been given the genetic gifts to achieve great heights. Your future is determined far more by what you do than by what you are genetically -Dr. Jim Loehr

For sportsmen and women who want to be champions, the mind can be just as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body -Gary Neville

If you think you are done, you always have at least 40-percent more -Lauren Crandall

There is a way to play this game physically, but it's the mental part that's going to separate gold from silver and silver from bronze -Lisa Fernandez

I think an athlete's mental state is what separates the goods from the greats! -Natasha Watley

The greatest asset is a strong mind -P.V. Sindhu

All the physical comes from the mental -Clara Hughes

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing -Muhammad Ali

Competitive sports are played mainly on a five-and-a-half inch court, the space between your ears -Bobby Jones

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat -Hershall Walker

Your mind is what makes everything else work -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I don't know how it is for you earthlings, but where I'm from, strength is mental -Shaquille O'Neal

I wasn't real quick and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals -Larry Bird

I've always been a firm believer in mind over matter. If you don't believe you can achieve, your body will start to believe this and you'll be stuck -Sheryl Swoops

He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war -Spartan Warrior Creed

Carpe Diem! Seize the Day!

Vincit qui Se Vincit - He conquers who conquers himself

Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself -Pat Summitt

Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis -Nick Saban

There's no substitute for guts -Bear Bryant

To be an overachiever you have to be an over believer -Dabo Swinney

Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in -Pete Carroll

Every setback has a major comeback -Russell Wilson

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling -Bill Belichick

If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible -Apolo Ohno

You've got to believe in yourself first. Take risks and don't be afraid to fail -Mary Lous Retton

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk -Bill Rodgers

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die -Herb Elliott

Running is 80 percent mental -Joan Benoit

It's all about where your mind is at -Kelly Slater

The nine inches right here (points at head); set it straight and you can beat anybody in the world -Sebastian Coe

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer -Percy Cerutty

I think your mind really controls everything -Michael Phelps

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice -Steph Curry

My body is capable of so much more and I want to keep tapping into that inner strength -Frank Modrano

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position -Serena Williams

You don't just find the willpower you need. You create it -Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson

A true champion will fight through anything -Floyd Mayweather

The vast majority of us are slaves to our minds. Most don't even make the first effort when it comes to mastering their thought process because it's a never-ending chore and impossible to get right every time -David Goggins

The mind is the most powerful thing in the world. The mind has capabilities that are so unknown, and being able to tap into that is on the other side of suffering -David Goggins

I'm chasing perfection -Kobe Bryant

Doubt is only removed by action. If you're not working then that's were doubt comes in -Conor McGregor

Excellence is not a skill. Excellence is an attitude -Conor McGregor

I prepare so no one can take what is mine, no one can replace my mind, my heart -Ray Lewis

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible -Vince Lombardi

If you mentally believe it will happen, your body is going to find a way to make it physically happen -Greg Plitt

Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym -Greg Plitt

The mind is everything -Kai Greene

Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality -Bruce Lee

As you think, so you shall become -Bruce Lee

If you fail to prepare, you've prepared to fail -Mark Spitz

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us -Wilma Rudolph

To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them -Picaboo Street

What seems hard now will one day be your warm-up -Unknown

We can push ourselves further. We always have more -Simone Biles

It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day -Geno Auriemma

I think the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My secret? See it and stay focused on it -Shaquille O'Neal

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical -Julius Erving

Heart is what makes the difference -Jerry Sloan

I think everyone should take the attitude that we're working to be a champion, that we want to be a champion in everything that we do. Every choice, every decision, everything that we do every day, we want to be a champion -Nick Saban

Becoming a champion is not an easy process...it is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there -Nick Saban

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to -Bear Bryant

If you want to win forever, you've got to always compete! -Pete Carroll

I always think something good is about to happen -Pete Carroll

Sometimes all you need is just somebody to believe in you in order to be able to accomplish maybe what you never thought you could -Drew Brees

Separation comes from preparation -Russell Wilson

Never lift. Never stop believing -Sebastian Vettel

I'm a big fan of doing what you are bad at. A lot -Shaun White

I don't call them sacrifices, I call them exchanges -Shawn Johnson

Heart if required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart -Mary Lou Retton

It's important to push yourself further than you think you can go each and every day - as that is what separates the good from the great -Kerri Strug

A runner must run with dreams in his heart -Emil Zatopek

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. Then they are not barriers anymore -Lasse Viren

My mum and I joke that I had a middle school teacher who said I'd never be successful -Michael Phelps

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it -Michael Phelps

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is imagination -Michael Phelps

The one thing that's common to all successful people. They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do -Michael Phelps

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength -Michael Jordan

The minute you get away from fundamentals - Whether it's proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation - the bottom can fall out of your game -Michael Jordan

I've never lost a game, I just ran out of time -Michael Jordan

Nothing come to a sleeper but a dream - Serena Williams

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can -Serena Williams

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does -Serena Williams

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard -Serena Williams

I want to practice to the point where its almost uncomfortable how fast you shoot, so that in the game things kind of slow down -Steph Curry

We have to have the mentality that we have to work for everything we're going to get -Steph Curry

If you take time to realize what your dream is and what you really want in life - no matter what it is, whether it's sports or in other fields - you have to realize that there is always work to do, and you want to be the hardest working person in whatever you do, and you put yourself in a position to be successful. And you have to have passion about what you do -Steph Curry

I've never left the field saying 'I could've done more to get ready', and that gives me peace of mind -Peyton Manning

Allow your passion to be stronger than your pain. Don't stop. -Frank Medrano

A goal without a plan is just a wish. Go out there and make things happen -Frank Medrano

Don't quit on yourself. The one's who make it are the one's who keep going no matter how hard it gets -Frank Medrano

Your attitude makes a big difference -Frank Medrano

You will never succeed if you do not believe what you want. Visualize your goal. Make an effort to go for it and always stay confident that it can be yours -Frank Medrano

Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose -Frank Medrano

Repeat after me: I WILL fight for it. I will not give up. I will reach my goal and absolutely nothing will stop me -Frank Medrano

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come -Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson

We do today what they won't, so tomorrow we can accomplish what they can't -Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson

I don't fold under pressure. Great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me -Floyd Mayweather

Life is one big tug of war between mediocrity and trying to find your best self -David Goggins

Your entitled mind is dead weight. Cut it loose. Don't focus on what you think you deserve - take aim on what you are willing to earn! -David Goggins

You want to be uncommon amongst uncommon people. Period -David Goggins

I understand the temptation to sell short, but I also know that impulse is driven by your minds desire for comfort, and it's not telling you the truth -David Goggins

A warrior is a guy that goes 'I'm here again today, I'll be here again tomorrow and the next day'. It's a person who puts no limits on what's possible -David Goggins

This life is all a f***ing mind game. Realize that. Own it! -David Goggins

At the end of the day, you've gotta feel some way. So why not feel unbeatable? Why not feel untouchable? -Conor McGregor

I keep having vivid dreams of success. Then it's time to sleep -Conor McGregor

I stay ready so I don't have to get ready -Conor McGregor

My success isn't a result of arrogance. It's a result of belief -Conor McGregor

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you become uncomfortable -Conor McGregor

It takes sacrifice as well as talent -Lionel Messi

I don't feel pain. I ain't got time for that. I let other people feel pain for me -Brock Lesnar

Every action has a purpose. When every action has a purpose, every action has a result -Greg Plitt

In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins -Greg Plitt

You are what you do repeatedly. If excellence is something you're striving for, then it's not an accident. It's a habit -Greg Plitt

The power of my mind allowed me to achieve what I imagined -Kai Greene

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability -Bruce Jenner

The possession of anything begins in the mind -Bruce Lee

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits -Bruce Lee

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can -Bruce Lee

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus -Bruce Lee

There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them -Bruce Lee

What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become -Bruce Lee

Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working -Will Smith

Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity -Will Smith

The reality is, you get ZERO points for intentions -Terry Crews

If you don't find the time, if you don't do the work, you won't get the results -Arnold Schwarzenegger

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort -Jesse Owens

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer -Albert Einstein

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it -Ray Davis

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all -Dale Carnegie

Failure is so important. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success -J.K. Rowling

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when they wanted to -Tom Landry

Losing doesn't make me want to quit, it makes me want to fight that much harder -Bear Bryant

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it -Lou Holtz

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't -Jerry Rice

Today you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not going to stay the same. Which will it be? -Joe Paterno

Don't dream of winning, train for it -Mo Farrah

The more difficult the victory the greater the happiness in winning -Pele

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end -Larry Bird

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good -Jerry West

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds -Larry Bird

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done -Arnold Palmer

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up -Rocky Balboa

It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great -Unknown

What I love about the game is that the game doesn't know who is supposed to win -Sue Enquist

I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all -Simone Biles

You make your own luck. You make it in training -Simone Biles

Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible -Frank L. Gaines

Never underestimate the heart of a champion -Doc Rivers

If you don't feel you have something to prove every day, you'll never improve -Billy Donovan

Dream big; at least you will have the joy of reaching for the stars instead of living in a box filled with unopened gifts -David Robinson

I'm going to be a success at whatever I choose because of my preparation. By the time the game starts, the outcome has been decided. I never think about having a bad game because I have prepared -David Robinson

You can do anything you want to do if you want it bad enough -Bill Russell

Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence -Jay Bilas

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy, it's human nature -Bobby Knight

With the absence of pressure it's hard to do great things -Geno Auriemma

Tough times don't last, but tough people do -Alonzo Mourning

Attitude is altitude -Julius Erving

Everything is habit forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing -Wilt Chamberlain

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude -Pat Riley

When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows -Phil Jackson

Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen -Pat Summitt

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment -Nick Saban

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment -Nick Saban

I don't think it's about who you play, I think it's about who you are -Nick Saban

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things -Bear Bryant

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen -Pete Carroll

That's the interesting thing about the philosophy - to accomplish the grand, you have to focus on the small -Pete Carroll

I'm talking about: are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice? Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever -Pete Carroll

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you'll be when it counts -Bill Parcells

Think about winning the day...if you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you -Drew Brees

I thought about all the people that told me I couldn't do it and told me I couldn't get there -Russell Wilson

Winner, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live -Joe Montana

I am where I am because I believed and I never gave up -Kurt Warner

One play at a time -Patrick Mahomes

I've always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance -Michael Schumacher

I like added pressure. It makes me work harder -Mary Lou Retton

I like to stay in the moment -Shaun White

The courage to soar to great heights is inside all of us -Kerri Strug

The hard part is over. Now it's time for us to play -Kerri Walsh

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top -Herb Elliott

Don't let the fear decide your future -Shalane Flanagan

The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem -Jack Sparrow

It takes a different mindset to be successful in anything; that's why there's not a lot of super-duper successful people, because it's guys I know who are maybe ten times more talented than me, but they don't work as hard -Rico Love

Everything begins from the mind, including change. So, if you want to alter your life, you have to start with your mindset -Alexi Weaver

If you're ready to take your game to the next level, you gotta change that mindset -Eric Thomas

Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude -Roy T. Bennett

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in -Roger Clemens

Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it -Steve Maraboli

Eliminate the mindset of CAN'T! Because you can do anything! -Tony Horton

Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion -Manu Bennett

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great -Russell Wilson

As human beings it is our general belief that successful people are special and that they are born destined for greatness. It is just too difficult to comprehend that the main things that separates those people from us is not anything particularly special; it is simply their mindset and habits -P.G. Manifold

You're in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way -Carol Dweck

Success is a mindset. Let's learn how to create a positive one -Beau Norton

A positive, or winning, mindset can often mean the difference between success or failure in any endeavor -Anthony T. Galie

It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win -Muhammad Ali

I've never known a person who was successful that didn't at first establish a mindset of success. You can't be that which you can't believe -Byron Pulsifer

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset. This is the mindset that allows people to thrive during some of the most challenging times in their lives -Carol S. Dweck

The mind works most effectively when you're telling it what to do rather than what not to do -Cary Mack

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail -Giorgio Armani

Make history or be a part of it -Phil Knight

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die -Steve Prefontaine

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it -Steve Prefontaine

Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great -Steve Prefontaine

Mindsets are just beliefs. They're powerful beliefs, but they're just something in our mind, and you can change your mind -Carol S. Dwelk

Your mindset is like the frequency of a radio. Meaning, how you have tuned your mind to operate is very critical to your success in life -Oscar Bimpong

A winning mindset can transform an underdog into a champion, conqueror and achiever. You're a mindset away from winning your battles! -Assegid Habtewold

To say your mindset is critical to your success is a gross understatement - it is the underpinning! -Susan C. Young

Your mindset serves as the operating system for your entire life's experience -Susan C. Young

Shape your mindsets or your mindsets will shape you -Susan C. Young

You have to be odd to be number one -Dr. Seuss

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you -Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows -Epictetus

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety -Abraham Maslow

Action is the foundational key to all success -Pablo Picasso

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax -Abraham Lincoln