Empowering Wisdom: Inspiring Motivational Quotes From Badminton Players

Take to the court and watch the shuttlecock take flight! Badminton, a sport defined by finesse and agility, has enamored enthusiasts across the globe.

In this blog, we delve into the realm of badminton quotes, where words act as a wellspring of inspiration for players, coaches, and fans alike.

Whether from iconic figures in the sport or motivational treasures, we bring together the most enchanting lines that encapsulate the spirit of badminton’s thrilling competitions.

Join us on a journey exploring the impactful words that spark passion and determination in every badminton aficionado.

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Motivational Quotes From Badminton Players

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

2. “Badminton is not just a game; it’s an art, a lifestyle, a passion.” – Unknown

3. “The court is my canvas, the shuttlecock is my brush, and my strokes create a masterpiece.” – Unknown

4. “Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people. The sky is your limit.” – Lee Chong Wei

5. “In badminton, it’s not about how good you are, but how badly you want it.” – Unknown

6. “Victory belongs to those who believe in it the most and believe in it the longest.” – P.V. Sindhu

7. “Badminton is like ballet dancing on a high-speed treadmill.” – Paul Lyneham

8. “Success is not just about winning, but about the journey, the sacrifices, and the lessons learned along the way.” – Unknown

9. “Badminton is 90% mental. You win or lose the match before you even step on the court.” – Unknown

10. “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs, one step at a time.” – Unknown

11. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Lin Dan

12. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Unknown

13. “It’s not about how many times you fall; it’s about how many times you get back up.” – Unknown

14. “Badminton is not just a game of physical prowess; it’s a battle of wits, strategy, and mental strength.” – Unknown

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

16. Badminton is like ballet dancing. It requires a lot of control, strength, mind play and measured movement. – Aamir Khan 

17. Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators. – Lin Dan 

18. The biggest problem for badminton is wind direction and lighting. If those problems are not solved, it seriously impacts players’ performances on the court. If a high-level player’s performance is affected by these factors, they suffer setbacks and cannot be fully satisfied on the court. – Lin Dan 

19. Please pray & wish me well (in hearing session). All I want is to clear my name and return to the badminton. – Lee Chong Wei 

20. If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose. – Lee Chong Wei 

21. My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me. – Taufik Hidayat 

22. Sports in Indonesia aren’t being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don’t match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities – Taufik Hidayat 

23. I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side. – Taufik Hidayat 

24. I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything. – Saina Nehwal

25. Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed. – Rajiv Ouseph 

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Motivational Quotes For Badminton Player

26. What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.– Rajiv Ouseph 

27. I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.– Rajiv Ouseph 

28. “Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.” – Dmitry Medvedev

29. “There’s sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy.” – T. J. Miller

30. “In badminton, they use a lot from the wrist. But I use a lot from the shoulder.” – Li Na

31. “It’s not whether you win or lose – but whether I win or lose.” – Sandy Lyle

32. “Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.” ~ Howard Bach

33. “Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.” ~ Martina Navratilova

34. “Everything I do I always feel very confident. Whether it’s tennis, badminton, football, whatever. I just go out there and think I can do it and most of the time I can. What I’m good at I don’t mind saying because it’s not a secret, is it? For me confidence is so important. It’s good to know I can go out on the field and feel I can take on the world.” ~ Nicklas Bendtner

35. “One thing you never hear is “Man that guy is good at badminton”.” ~ Demetri Martin

36. “Consider the many special delights a lawn affords: soft mattress for a creeping baby; worm hatchery for a robin; croquet or badminton court; baseball diamond; restful green perspectives leading the eye to a background of flower beds, shrubs, or hedge; green shadows – “This lawn, a carpet all alive/With shadows flung from leaves’ – as changing and as spellbinding as the waves of the sea, whether flecked with sunlight under trees of light foliage, like elm and locust, or deep, dark, solid shade, moving slowly as the tide, under maple and oak. This carpet!” ~ Katharine Sergeant Angell White

37. “Whether it’s boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena…long before the lights come up.” ~ Muhammad Ali

38. “When I was a junior, my school introduced badminton, which was clearly a P.E. department ploy to get me away from the wrestling room, and it worked, since the first time I played badminton was like the first time I tasted sushi or heard the Beatles or read Wordsworth. This was a sport? This counted for gym requirements?” ~ Rob Sheffield

39. “Unlike most youngsters who have school as their second home where they meet and make friends, for me playtime has been at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. When I am not playing a tournament, my days are spent at the Academy with my coaches, physiotherapists and colleagues, who are like family. We laugh and have so much fun.” ~ Saina Nehwal

40. “I don’t think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.” ~ Saina Nehwal

41. “I’m usually pretty lame when it comes to physical activity, but I’m like a Jedi on the badminton court. It’s as if my body was built specifically for it – tall and lanky, with wrists like mousetraps.” ~ Matthew Gray Gubler

42. “Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you train day and night for four years to be in the Olympics for badminton, in a way, haven’t you already lost?” ~ Conan O’Brien

43. “Ordinary parties, he thought, were subtle games of sexual and social badminton.” ~ Annie Proulx

44. “We’re all a bunch of badminton birdies who just got batted from the Republican side of the court to the Democrat side. We’ll eventually get batted back again, of course, unless libertarians can manage to do something about it. If your principal concern, like mine, is freedom, there’s absolutely no discernable difference between the two ‘majors,’ and for all practical purposes, they’re one big party – the Boot On Your Neck party – pretending to be two.” ~ L. Neil Smith

45. “Badminton is not as glamorous as cricket.” ~ Saina Nehwal

46. “Did you hear this big scandal? Eight female badminton players were expelled from the Olympics for trying to lose on purpose. So tragically, they’ll never have another chance to play badminton unless they get invited to a picnic.” ~ Conan O’Brien

47. “We know summer is the height of of being alive. We don’t believe in God or the prospect of an afterlife mostly, so we know that we’re only given eighty summers or so per lifetime, and each one has to be better then the last, has to encompass a trip to that arts center up at Bard, a seemingly mellow game of badminton over at some yahoo’s Vermont cottage, and a cool, wet, slightly dangerous kayak trip down an unforgiving river. Otherwise, how would you know that you have lived your summertime best? What is you missed out on some morsel of shaded nirvana?” ~ Gary Shteyngart

48. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” – Unknown

49. “Badminton is not for the faint-hearted; it’s for those who dare to challenge their limits.” – Unknown

50. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Unknown

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51. “The court is my sanctuary, and the racket is my weapon.” – Unknown

52. “Badminton teaches you resilience, determination, and the power of self-belief.” – Unknown

53. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

54. “Every match is a new opportunity to showcase your skills, learn, and grow.” – Unknown

55. “Badminton is like life – full of ups and downs. It’s how you handle them that defines you.” – Unknown

56. “The true measure of success is not in winning every match but in giving your best effort every time you step on the court.” – Unknown

57. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

58. “Stay focused, stay determined, and never let anyone or anything distract you from your goals.” – Unknown

59. “The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Unknown

60. “Badminton is a game of patience, precision, and persistence.” – Unknown

61. “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

62. “Badminton is not just about hitting the shuttlecock; it’s about hitting the limits of what you thought was possible.” – Unknown

63. When I was a junior, my school introduced badminton, which was clearly a P.
E. department ploy to get me away from the wrestling room, and it worked, since the first time I played badminton was like the first time I tasted sushi or heard the Beatles or read Wordsworth. This was a sport? This counted for gym requirements?— Rob Sheffield

64. The PBSI (Indonesian Badminton Association) have to work harder to widen the pool and find quality players. The present indifferent culture has to change.— Taufik Hidayat

65. I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.— Taufik Hidayat

66. Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.— Malala Yousafzai

67. “Badminton is not just a sport; it’s an art that requires patience, technique, and a burning desire to win.” – Lee Chong Wei

68. “Success is not an accident. It is the result of hard work, perseverance, learning, sacrifice, and most of all, love for what you are doing.” – Saina Nehwal

69. “In badminton, it’s not about how hard you hit, but how well you control the shuttle.” – Taufik Hidayat

70. “The only way to achieve your dreams is to chase them relentlessly, no matter how many setbacks you face.” – Lin Dan

71. “In badminton, the mind is as important as the body. Mental strength is what sets champions apart.” – Viktor Axelsen

72. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts.” – PV Sindhu

73. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That’s what makes you a winner.” – Peter Gade

74. “Badminton is like a game of chess. Every move counts, and you must think strategically to outsmart your opponent.” – Tontowi Ahmad

75. “The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret.” – Zhang Ning

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76. “In badminton, there are no shortcuts to success. It’s all about dedication, sweat, and tears.” – P. Gopichand

77. “The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back stronger.” – Gail Emms

78. “One thing you never hear is ‘Man that guy is good at badminton.'” –Demetri Martin

79. “Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck only at one end of a room, it will soon fall to the floor. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends.” –Johnson

80. “If it’s not televised, there’s no way Americans will know about competitive badminton. All they know is the back-yard thing.” –Howard Bach

81. “Battledore and shuttlecock’s a wery good game, when you ain’t the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too excitin’ to be pleasant.” –Charles Dickens

82. “Attitude is a little thing which makes a lot of difference between badminton success and success failure.” – Unknown

83. “It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.” – Unknown

84. “When I am playing badminton there are only two people in the world, myself and my opponent.” – Erland Kops

85. “Life is a game, Badminton is serious. Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.” – Dmitry Medvedev

86. “Choosing a badminton goal and sticking to it changes everything.” – Unknown

87. “In Badminton, they use a lot from the wrist. But I lose a lot from the shoulder.” – Unknown

88. “Discipline is the bridge between your badminton goals and badminton success.” – Unknown

89. “Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Unknown

90. “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Unknown

91. “It’s not the hours you put in….it’s what you put in those hours.” – Unknown

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92. “You only live once but you get to serve twice.” – Unknown

93. “Your Dream Will Always Defeat Reality If You Give It Chance.” – Unknown