Motivational Sports Quotes

Looking for ways to motivate your players? Searching for pre-game inspiration? Positive Coaching Alliance has collected hundreds of quotes from athletes, coaches, business leaders, authors and philosophers to deliver daily inspiration. Here are a few from our collection:

• “I won’t get upset at you about a mistake. I’ll get upset at you for the next mistake that comes from still thinking about the last mistake.” – Doc Rivers
• "Champions keep playing until they get it right. Then they play more." – Billie Jean King
• "Athletics are really the foundation of how kids' attitudes are formed and shaped. And that has to work with the coach and the parents." – Herm Edwards
• “The growth mindset says all of these things can be developed. All – you, your partner, and the relationship – are capable of growth and change.” – Carol Dweck
• “Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.” – Nancy Kerrigan
• "Either find a way to succeed or make one." – Suzie Hoyt, Double-Goal Coach® Award Winner, 2017
• "Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it." – Mia Hamm
• “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
• “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” –Yogi Berra
• “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” – John Wooden

“One of my own favorite quotes is, ‘Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive,” said PCA Founder Jim Thompson  “The more people we can get to read, heed and share these quotes, the more joy and inspiration we’ll all bring to the 40 million youth playing sports in the U.S.”

England to test charge-as-you-drive 'electric motorways'

Underground charging kit could extend the distance electric cars travel in a single trip

Motorists will be able to recharge their cars as they drive if a scheme being proposed by Highways England comes to fruition.

The government agency has announced plans to test wireless power-transfer tech that it hopes to build under the country's motorways and major A roads.

It has already completed a feasibility study and is now asking companies to tender bids to host off-road trials.

But one expert questioned whether such a scheme would be cost effective.
South Korean tests

Charge-as-you-drive technologies have already been pioneered elsewhere.

In 2013, the South Korean town of Gumi switched on a 12km (7.5 miles) route that allows buses with compatible equipment to be charged as they drive over it.

Indian trains in deadly derailment in Madhya Pradesh

The trains were crossing a partially flooded bridge when they derailed

Two passenger trains in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have derailed minutes apart on a partially flooded bridge, killing at least 24 people, officials say.

The trains were passing each other near the town of Harda, and some coaches fell into a river.

A railway spokesman told the BBC that heavy rain had caused river levels to rise, submerging the track.

Officials say at least 25 people have been injured and another 300 rescued.

Taliban members 'pledge allegiance' amid leadership rift

The Afghan Taliban have released a video which they say shows members of the group pledging allegiance to the new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
The footage is seen as an attempt to bolster support for Mullah Mansour, whose appointment has been questioned by some senior Taliban members.

It comes as the family of former head Mullah Omar say they have not endorsed Mullah Mansour as the new leader.

He was named leader on Thursday after Mullah Omar's death was confirmed.

The video, which cannot be independently verified, was included in a report on the Taliban website on Monday and shows a large crowd gathered at the funeral of a religious scholar.

A Taliban leader on stage asked those in the crowd to raise their hands and pledge their allegiance to Mullah Mansour, with thousands complying, the report said.

MH370 search: Debris found on Reunion being sent to France

Debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is to be transported to France to find out whether it is from the missing airliner MH370, Malaysia's prime minister has said.

Initial reports suggest the two-metre long object is very likely to be from a Boeing 777, Najib Razak said.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 when it vanished.

The search has focused on part of the southern Indian Ocean east of Reunion.

There were 239 people on board the plane when it went missing.

Mr Najib said French authorities were taking the debris to the southern French city of Toulouse - the site of the nearest office of the French body responsible for air accident investigations (the BEA) - to verify it as quickly as possible.