12 motivational quotes from Olympic champions. Yashin, Messi and others on the road to victory

12 motivational quotes from Olympic champions. Yashin, Messi and others on the road to victory

Think like a winner and be inspired by the best.

To reach certain heights in various spheres of life, be it sports, studies or career, a person must exert not only physical strength. Moral and emotional attitude plays a very important role in achieving goals.

We have collected 12 motivational quotes from Olympic champions that can change your outlook on the path to victory.

Lev Yashin

Soviet soccer player, 1956 Olympic champion.

If my name has remained in soccer, I owe it not to Mother Nature and not to happy genes, but first of all to those who made up the environment in which I grew up and was brought up, to those who taught me how to work and play soccer. I owe it to the circumstances that made my life this way and not the other way around. Probably, I owe myself too, because working hard I was not afraid to get my hands dirty, did not curve my lips from the salty working sweat, did not hesitate to admit to myself my own weaknesses and my own imperfection.

Lionel Messi

Argentine footballer, 2008 Olympic champion.

In every match I play the same way – as if it were the final.

Mike Tyson

American heavyweight boxer, Olympic junior heavyweight champion.

Without discipline, it doesn’t matter how good you are. Without discipline, you’re nothing. Someday you’re going to meet a tough guy who can take all your best punches and keep pushing on. Remember that and stay strong and courageous. This is the time when discipline comes into play.

Ole Einar Bjorndalen.

Norwegian biathlete, the most decorated athlete in Winter Olympic history.

The most important thing I’ve learned is to find the right people and avoid the bad ones. I learned to set goals and achieve them. I learned to plan – I make a plan for the day, for the week, for the month, for four years. I calculate every step I take. And, you know, it helps, and not only in sports.

Vladislav Tretiak

Soviet hockey player, three-time Olympic champion.

It was easy for me when I was with strict coaches. To Erfilov, my first coach, to Tarasov, who came up to me as a 17-year-old and said: “Well, half-finished product, shall we work? If you survive, you’ll be great, and if you don’t survive, I’m sorry, you’ll go to the mine.”

Michael Phelps

American swimmer, 19-time Olympic champion.

If you want to be better than everyone else, get ready to do what everyone else doesn’t want to do.

Michael Jordan

American basketball player, two-time Olympic champion.

I missed 9,000 times in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been entrusted with the deciding shot and I’ve missed. I’ve been defeated over and over again. And that’s why I was successful.

Olga Korbut

Soviet gymnast, four-time Olympic champion.

The ability to overcome oneself is without a doubt the most valuable feature of sport.

Inna Deriglazova

Russian foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion, twice Olympic silver medalist.

The way to victory should be prepared calmly, then the result will come.

Serena Williams

American tennis player, four-time Olympic champion.

The sleeper will get nothing but dreams.

Yelena Isinbayeva

Russian pole vaulter, two-time Olympic champion.

My main rival is myself. I have always fought only with myself.

Margarita Mamun

Russian gymnast, Olympic champion of Rio de Janeiro.

Personal ambition is first of all to overcome myself.