Sports Quotes

No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.

What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining.

Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.

I have no sense of humor about losing

If you can't win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

I'm not into sports. I mean...I like Gatorade, but that's as far as it goes.

You play to win the game.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

There are guys who play lacrosse, and there are lacrosse players.

There are three things important to every man in this locker room. His God, his family, and the Green Bay Packers. In that order.

Do your best, one shot at a time, and then move on.

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.

To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.

I will never sacrifice my morals and ethics for anyone or any win.

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.

Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

One man cannot make a team.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball well and my confidence is high.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.

If you want to touch the other shore badly enough, barring an impossible situation, you will. If your desire is diluted for any reason, you'll never make it.

To me, hockey was always tremendous fun. That's what kept me going for so long. I simply love to play hockey.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.

I always think street but train sport.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

That's a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time.

Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out.

When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means? You've gone zero for seven-thousand.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

The umpire... is like the geyser in the bathroom; we cannot do without it, yet we notice it only when it is out of order.

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

You've always got to be aware of why you don't win; otherwise you'll keep losing. Every mistake is a learning experience and, hopefully, you won't make the same mistake again.