1. "You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don't Take." – Wayne Gretzky

Here are the top 99 motivational quotes by famous athletes:

2. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 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

3. “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

4. “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

6. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

7. “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” – Tom Landry

8. “If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.” – Carl Lewis

10. “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks

11. “I never lose. I either win or learn.” – Nelson Mandela

12. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

14. “Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph

15. “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda

16. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

18. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

19. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

20. “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi

22. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps

23. “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno

24. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

26. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 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

27. “I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.” – Muhammad Ali

28. “I don’t count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts.” – Muhammad Ali

30. “If you want to be the best, you have to do the things that other people aren’t willing to do.” – Michael Phelps

31. “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.” – Ronnie Lott

32. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain

34. “I never thought about losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.” – Muhammad Ali

35. “I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” – Mia Hamm

36. “I am not the richest, smartest, or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.” – Sylvester Stallone

38. “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pele

39. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi

40. “I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” – Bruce Jenner

42. “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.” – Michael Jordan

43. “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

44. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

46. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

47. “The only true disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton

48. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan

50. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 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

51. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

52. “I am building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” – Mia Hamm

54. “I never thought about losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.” – Muhammad Ali

55. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi

56. “The only true disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton

57. “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