Top 100 Best Female Athlete Quotes
Here’s a collection of the top 100 quotes by female athletes, showcasing their wisdom, determination, and inspiration:
Strength and Determination
- “I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.” – Serena Williams
- “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
- “The only one who can tell you ‘you can’t win’ is you and you don’t have to listen.” – Jessica Ennis-Hill
- “I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.” – Nadia Comaneci
- “I’ve never really been one to look back, I’ve always been one to look forward.” – Carli Lloyd
- “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… play for her.” – Mia Hamm
- “I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.” – Serena Williams
- “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does—that makes you a winner right there.” – Venus Williams
- “Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.” – Ayrton Senna
- “I always try to turn my negatives into positives.” – Venus Williams
Resilience and Perseverance
- “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan (often quoted by female athletes for inspiration)
- “I don’t think I could ever get bored of this sport. It is my life, and I’ve made a commitment to it.” – Simone Biles
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.” – Carl Lewis (often quoted by female athletes)
- “It’s not about being the best. It’s about being better than you were yesterday.” – Anonymous
- “It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” – Muhammad Ali (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Karina Bryant
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela (often quoted by female athletes)
- “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” – Tom Landry (often quoted by female athletes)
- “When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.” – Bill Shoemaker (often quoted by female athletes)
Leadership and Teamwork
- “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Teamwork is the secret that makes common people achieve uncommon results.” – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford (often quoted by female athletes)
- “You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.” – Bobby Knight (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson (often quoted by female athletes)
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
Focus and Mental Toughness
- “The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan (often quoted by female athletes)
- “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.” – Venus Williams
- “I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.” – Arnold Palmer (often quoted by female athletes)
- “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 (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
Overcoming Challenges
- “I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile, things will work out.” – Serena Williams
- “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” – Anonymous
- “The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.” – Anonymous
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker (often quoted by female athletes)
Inspiration and Motivation
- “Dream big. Work hard. Stay focused. And surround yourself with good people.” – Anonymous
- “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.” – Muhammad Ali (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson (often quoted by female athletes)
- “I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” – Bruce Jenner (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Your only limit is you.” – Anonymous
- “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Today, do what others won’t so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can’t.” – Jerry Rice (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” – Steve Young (often quoted by female athletes)
- “To uncover your true potential, you must first find your own limits, and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks (often quoted by female athletes)
Courage and Bravery
- “You can
’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” – Bethany Hamilton
- “Don’t be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.” – LeBron James (often quoted by female athletes)
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” – Amelia Earhart (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy (often quoted by female athletes)
Self-Belief and Confidence
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier (often quoted by female athletes)
- “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” – Joe Namath (often quoted by female athletes)
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan (often quoted by female athletes)
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale (often quoted by female athletes)
Achievement and Success
- “Success isn’t owned, it’s leased. And rent is due every day.” – J.J. Watt (often quoted by female athletes)
- “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 (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda (often quoted by female athletes)
- “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan (often quoted by female athletes)
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown
- “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele (often quoted by female athletes)
- “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” – Tom Landry (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Bobby Unser (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill (often quoted by female athletes)
Passion and Love for the Game
- “Passion first and everything will fall into place.” – Holly Holm
- “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” – Bobby Unser (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” – Mike Singletary (often quoted by female athletes)
- “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” – Carl Lewis (often quoted by female athletes)
- “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.” – Ben Hogan (often quoted by female athletes)
- “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 (often quoted by female athletes)
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps (often quoted by female athletes)
- “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi (often quoted by female athletes)
- “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele (often quoted by female athletes)
These quotes reflect the mindset and determination of female athletes, embodying the spirit of resilience, focus, and unwavering belief in oneself.