Sports Quotes

You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.

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

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.

Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.

Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

I want Dubai to be a place where everybody from all over the world meets each other, don't think of fighting or hate, just love it, enjoy their sport, and that's it.

Coming from a small town it was tough to dream big. When I grew up in a small town in Georgia, my biggest dream was one day to be able to go to Atlanta.

Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.

To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

Great moments are born from great opportunities.

If you want to experience all of the successes and pleasure in life, you have to be willing to accept all the pain and failure that comes with it.

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

How can you think and hit at the same time?

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.

I'm a legend in this sport. If you don't believe me, ask me

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

It's better to have ten disorganized players than ten organized runners.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes.

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

So this is it. Match point for eternity.

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

Go my favorite sports team go! Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.

Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

He can run, but he can't hide.

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle!

The ability to learn faster than competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Hard things take time to do. Impossible things take a little longer.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.