[Recommended for junior high school students] A collection of English slogans you can use for sports day

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A sports day where you unite with classmates you don’t usually talk to and aim for victory as one! For an event like that, slogans that boost your class’s morale are super important.

You can put them on banners or team flags, or print them on original T-shirts for your class or team.

It’s not easy for everyone to focus on a single goal, but with a slogan that speaks to the heart, you might be surprised at how much effort everyone can give.

So this time, we’re introducing English phrases perfect for livening up a school sports day—highly recommended for junior high students.

If you’re looking for a slogan that fits your team or class, don’t miss this!

[Recommended for middle schoolers] A collection of English slogans you can use for Sports Day (11–20)

Plus Ultra

“Plus Ultra” means “go further” or “beyond.” At sports days, some schools have class-versus-class competitions, and many students want to aim for a team championship.

So why not adopt this phrase as your class slogan? “Go further” conveys a strong determination not to be satisfied with second or third place, but to take first place.

It also evokes the image of everyone joining hands and facing challenges together.

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Believe In Yourself

To fully demonstrate your abilities when it counts, nothing is more important than recalling the efforts you’ve accumulated and believing in yourself.

This simple phrase carries a powerful message that awakens that self-belief.

The call to “Believe in yourself” has a tone like an appeal, evoking a sense of connection with your teammates.

It’s a phrase that not only strengthens your own confidence but also seems to draw power from your teammates’ trust and expectations.

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For the Victory!

By clearly putting into words the major goal of the sports day—victory—the team’s hearts may unite and focus in that direction.

This is a phrase themed around victory, powerfully expressing the drive toward that goal.

It carries the meaning of “for victory,” evoking each person’s imagined path to winning.

It conveys a strong determination that the efforts we’ve built up, the bonds within the team, and many other elements all become the energy that leads to victory.

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Impossible Is Nothing

It’s a phrase that emphasizes an unwavering spirit of not giving up—the belief that the effort you’ve piled up will surely reach your goal.

It’s passed down as a famous quote by the great boxer Muhammad Ali, who achieved many remarkable feats.

Adidas also adopted this quote as a slogan, which gives it a strong association with sports.

While “nothing is impossible” is said to be the grammatically standard form, deliberately flipping it to “impossible is nothing” gives the words extra impact.

With the strong nuance that there is no such thing as impossible, it’s a powerful phrase that urges you to stop making excuses and keep moving forward.

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Limits exist only in the mind

When you’re working toward a goal, the moment you think “this is my limit,” it becomes hard to move forward.

This is a phrase that encourages a discouraged heart and gives you the courage to keep going.

It means “limits exist only in your mind,” urging you not to set boundaries for yourself and to take that first step.

It’s a powerful message that tells us overthinking can halt our progress, and that we should simply try moving forward.

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We can do it

The will to move forward together as a team and the belief that we can surely reach our goal are key to winning.

This phrase conveys the sense of uniting that belief as one and pressing on—it’s simple yet expresses strong determination.

It carries the meaning of “We can do this,” and feels like it’s speaking directly to the team.

By sharing this phrase within the team, it may not only strengthen self-belief but also deepen trust among the members.

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