Greatest Sports Quotes

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

They are who we thought they were!

I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person.

Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last long as the bad. Not even close.

I want your heart, I want to eat your children.

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.

You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking on the roadside. It's the physical brutality of climbing Mount Everest without the great view from the top of the world. What kind of person keeps coming back for more of that?

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

I run to see who has the most guts.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

The principle is competing against yourself.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.