Sports Quotes

If you can't accept losing, you can't win.Vince Lombardi

Running is real and relatively simple…but it ain't easy. Mark Will-Weber

If at first you dont succeed, you are running about average. M.H. Alderson

The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players. Don Coryell

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. Bo Jackson

It is amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares about who gets the credit. Robert Yates

The game isn't over till it's over. Yogi Berra

You miss 100% of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky

Once you're beat mentally, you might as well not even go to the starting line.Todd Williams

I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me. Michael Jordon

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. Satchel Paige

It isn't hard to be good from time to time insports. What is tough, is being good every day. Willie Mays

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat. Herschel Walker

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. Muhammad Ali

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations. John McEnroe

The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I'm starting to believe that. Dan OBrien

Nothing succeeds like success.Proverb

I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. Gale Sayers

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of he blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win....Channel your energy. Focus. Carl Lewis

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. A J Kitt

If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the raceits up to you. Dave Scott

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

To succeed...You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the ‘me’ for the ‘we.’" Phil Jackson

Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Vince Lombardi

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common. Satchel Paige

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. Joe Namath

Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Hale Broun

The one nice thing about sports is that they prove men do have emotions and are not afraid to show them. Jane O'Reilly

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. Vince Lombardi

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.Ara Parasheghian

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works. Tiger Woods

Life is like a baseball game. When you think a fastball is coming, You gotta be ready to hit the curve. Jaja Q

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. Babe Ruth

Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King

The Six W's: Work will win when wishing won't. Todd Blackledge

The sports page records people's accomplishments; The front page nothing but their failures. Jutice Earl Warren

Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor. Pat Riley

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. Vince Lombardi

I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see". Dick Fosbury

I believe the first step in any success-sports, work, a service group, whatever-is showing up.David DeNotaris

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi

There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or youre OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between. Pat Riley

I never criticize a player until they are first convinced of my unconditional confidence in their abilities. John Robinson

If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team. Bud Wilkinson

The Coach does not play in the game, but the Coach helps the players identify areas to improve their game. Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from What Does a Coach Do?

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. Vince Lombardi

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.John Daly

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical. Yogi Berra

There is nothing so uncertain as a sure thing. Scotty Bowman

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didnt have a chance to win. Arnold Palmer

Competition is the spice of sports; but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.George Leonard

All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims. Lou Holtz

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates. Magic Johnson

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. Bruce Jenner

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games. Paul (Bear) Bryant

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.Ron Blomberg

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his jacket on. Lou Holtz

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important. Bill Shoemaker

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser. Lou Holtz

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. Shannon Miller

The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.Jackie Joyner Kersee

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price. Bud Wilkinson

Winners While most are dreaming of success, winners wake-up and work hard to achieve it.