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 am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. - Mia Hamm

Even when quitting seems like the best option, there's always a reason to keep going. - Hope Solo

I will fight for it. I will not give up. I will reach my goal and absolutely nothing will stop me. - Hope Solo

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

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet - Ronaldo

I think each play has an individual style. Each is concerned with giving the best to his team - Ronaldo

I am doing everything I possibly can to make my dream come true - Ronaldo

Futbol is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favor every idea that makes the game beautiful - Ronaldo

The secret of the team's success is easy - unity and hard work. - David Beckham

** BASKETBALL **

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying again. - Michael Jordan

Some people want it to happen, some wish it to happen, others make it happen. - Michael Jordan

I have failed over and over in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. - Michael Jordan

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. - Michael Jordan

** FOOTBALL **

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it. - Ronnie Lott

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. - Vince Lombardi

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. - Vince Lombardi

You never really lose until you quit trying. - Mike Ditka

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves - Mike Ditka

I'm a strong believer that you practice like you play, little things make big things happen. - Tony Dorsett

Every game I've ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me, and I laid it all on the line. - Brett Favre

You have to feel you're the best at what you do. You don't have to come out and say it. But you have to know it within yourself. - Dan Marino

You can do more, you can always do more. - Dan Marino

Winners 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

You learn you can do your best even when it's hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage. - Joe Namath

We are stronger together than we are alone - Walter Payton

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

The enemy of the best is good. If you're always settling with what's good, you'll never be the best. - Jerry Rice

** CHEER **

A good cheerleader is not measured by the height of her jumps but by the span of her spirit.

Cheerleading is more than a sport; it's an attitude.

We may make it look easy, but like all sports it takes hard work and dedication. ~ Shawna Fox

Wimps lift weights, cheerleaders lift people.

Cheer as hard as you can, be the best you can at what you do because remember if you don't think you're good there's always a little girl looking up to you thinking she wants to be like you.

Don't let the pretty bow fool you. I am a beast!

Come with a dream, train like an athlete, leave like a role model.

Live your dream beneath your passion and stand with your team. Cheerleading may not be your life, but it's mine!

Athletes lift weights, cheerleaders lift people.

Cheerleading has taught me to never give up, to persevere and push through the pain, all with a smile on my face.

Cheerleading is a display of discipline, practice, dedication, determination, skill and athleticism.

** BASEBALL **

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's/person's determination. - Tommy Lasorda

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - Christopher Reeve

** SWIMMING **

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. - Michael Phelps

** GENERIC **

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement. - Matt Biondi or Marv Levy

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever. - Mary Lou Retton

Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. - Muhammad Ali

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

Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't. - Rikki Rogers

I trade sweat for strength. I trade doubt for belief. I trade cheerleading for nothing.