Fabulous "Feel Good" Sports Moments Part IV

The hardest part about this whole series has been trying to define each moment into only one category. Sure, it's hard to imagine the world without Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods, but can you deny that they are also two of the most inspiring athletes of all time?

What follows are a few quotes about believing, linked with pictures of teams that believed and achieved.

Other teams and sports moments could have been listed. The Arizona Cardinals, for example. Or Jim Braddock and Seasbiscuit were a huge source of hope during the Great Depression because they gave people something to believe in when they had nothing.

I picked the moments for "believe" because of these two quotes:

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many."— Buddha

"Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable."—Oscar Wilde

The moments in this category were so improbable they were believed impossible. Yet, somehow, against all the odds, all the speculations and rumors, somehow they happened. And they became some of the top miracle moments in sports history.

But, even more than that, these moments keep us believing in the underdogs and Cinderellas. In last second shots and catches. In the unexpected. In miracles.

These moments keep us believing that one day, we will win.

"Don't Give Up"

"Don't give up. Don't ever give up. Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail."—Jim Valvano & Charles F. Kettering

"Don't Ever Give Up"

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person. He believed in me."—North Carolina State's head coach Jim Valvano

"Believe it can be done"

"Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it."—David Joseph Schwartz

Believe Yourself To Be

"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."—Mahatma Gandhi

"Believe in something long enough"

"Because if you believe in something, and believe in it long enough, it will come into being."—Rolling Thunder of the Cherokee Tribe

If you keep on believing...

"If you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true."—Cinderella

Up next: Dream

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