Sports Quotes

For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am.

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass.

The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.

I learn teaching from teachers. I learn golf from golfers. I learn winning from coaches.

Play for the name on the front of the shirt, and they will remember the name on the back

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!

All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games.

Jet-skiing is my favorite water sport.

One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

Channel your energy. Focus.

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

BMX is kind of a big guy sport, you know.

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for beach volleyball you don't have to be tall or as fast as other sports. You just have to have the skills.

If you've given the greatest effort that you can expect of yourself, you always get what you deserve.

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

Racing is a matter of spirit not strength.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

I am a winner. I just didn't win today.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.

This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it!

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

Forget about style; worry about results.

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball.

I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12

When you're rich, you don't write checks. Straight cash, homey.

Today if I'm a cricketer it is because of Sachin Tendulkar. Else, I would never have picked up a bat. He's the reason behind me playing cricket

To finish first, you must first finish.

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.

The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.