Sports Quotes

We should make the most of life, enjoy it because that's the way it is!

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

In the world there are believers and then there are non-believers. For all of you non-believers out there, I have something to say to you...never underestimate the heart of a champion.

More than just a big adrenalin rush, it's more like, 'let's explore what's possible in our sport'.

Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport - or into any job for that matter - you won't succeed.

It may be possible through detachment, to gain knowledge that is 'useful;' but only through participation is it possible to gain the knowledge that is helpful.

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.

The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up.

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

When will American men learn how to stand up to the nagging by the intolerant, uncivil feminists whose sport is to humiliate men?

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

The hardest victory is the victory over self.

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.

A winner never whines.

The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.

a lot of football success is in the mind. you must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

It's all about chemistry. Talent alone won't get it done.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

It's okay to lose; just don't lose the lesson.

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

Hockey is an amazing sport and it has definitely had a positive impact on my life. But my dad always said school comes first, and if I didn't do well in school I didn't get to play hockey.

Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.

You are what you are.

When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.

I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time.