Sports Quotes

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game.

Don't go to the grave with life unused.

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it's also so much fun while I'm out there.

Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.

Doubters don't win, winners don't doubt.

Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.

We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.

There is winning and there is misery.

I believe every era has its significance and the same holds true for players and coaches.

Players win games, teams win championships.

I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

Every passion has its destiny.

Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.

The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal.

Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.

Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

You can do more, you can always do more.

Blame is the cowards way out.

Playing well or playing bad, I have to play aggressive. I must play aggressive.

Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around-just me and the road.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Fishing's relaxing, man. Most relaxing thing in my life. It's therapy for me. I don't think about business... sports. All I think about is catching the next fish.

Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.

The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport

A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind.

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.

The key is that I control my life; my life doesn't control me.

I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

Every disadvantage has its advantage.

On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.

Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time.

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

I think that every single person should play sports.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.