RANDOM QUOTES

Basketball
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
- Shaquille O'Neal
1
Skiing
That's my perfect day: going skiing
- Caroline Dhavernas
3
Boxing
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
- Muhammad Ali
6
Soccer
If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare, you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide.
- Steven Gerrard
1
Boxing
Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.
- Georges Carpentier
2
Hockey
Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted.
- Mario Lemieux
2
Boxing
It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.
- Evander Holyfield
1
Rowing
Coming together is a beginning; keeping togrther is progress; working together is success.
- Henry Ford
14
Football
I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
- Jack Tatum
2
Cricket
I sleep the whole day after breakfast to get in shape for the game.
- Chris Gayle
3
Soccer
Messi does not need his right foot. He only uses the left and he's still the best in the world. Imagine if he also used his right foot, then we would have a serious problem.
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic
4
Volleyball
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
- Unknown
5
Rowing
A coach is someone who always makes you do what you don't want to do so you can be who you've always wanted to be.
- Unknown
7
Rugby
Rugby League is war without the frills.
- Anon.
1
Wrestling
Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied
- Dwayne Johnson
10
Golf
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
- Sam Snead
1
Skiing
You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got.
- Ted Ligety
1
Track & Field
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that's where it's at
- Jesse Owens
4
Skiing
If we admit it or not, skiing is a little bit of show biz.
- Willy Bogner, Jr.
1
Lacrosse
There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.
- William Halsey
12
Football
I never graduated college, but I was only there for two terms – Truman's and Eisenhower's.
- Alex Karras
2
Basketball
You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed .
- Jeff Van Gundy
1
Rugby
Together Everyone Achieves More
- Unknown
2
Tennis
Everything is possible in this life...
- Marat Safin
2
Soccer
In football, the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting - a legacy.
- Xavi
9
Tennis
I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
- Rafael Nadal
6
Football
When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
- Paul Brown
3
Rugby
Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.
- Murray Mexted
7
Swimming
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
- Woodrow Wilson
1
Basketball
I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.
- Kobe Bryant
3
Skiing
There is no such thing as too much snow
- Doug Coombs
7
Basketball
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
- Dean Smith
1
Soccer
Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
- Bill Shankly
8
Wrestling
Shut your role and know your mouth
- Mick Foley
5
Swimming
If you think your sport is hard, try doing it while holding your breath.
- Unknown
1
Baseball
The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.
- Mickey Mantle
2
Boxing
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
- Muhammad Ali
1
Swimming
I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
- Michael Phelps
1
Soccer
One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire.
- Hope Solo
2
Table Tennis
We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface.
- Paulo Coelho
5
Wrestling
In Mexico, wrestling is part of the cultural fabric. The guys wear masks and they are real-life superheroes.
- Chris Jericho
1
Track & Field
No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable.
- Roger Bannister
1
Wrestling
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.
- Ross Perot
1
Volleyball
Coaching is about finding a system that works for your players. There are some underlying principles which are applied in any coaching situation, but it's about picking the lock to get this group of players to play the best volleyball they're capable of playing for a long period of time.
- Hugh McCutcheon
1
Cycling
Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practiced.
- Anupam Kher
1
Track & Field
Everyone looks up at the stars in the sky, but a champion climbs a mountain and gets one.
- Matt Peterworth
1
Cricket
Sure, luck means a lot in cricket. Not having a good fielders is bad luck.
- Unknown
2
Skiing
Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty.
- Paul Parker
2
Soccer
The best decisions aren't made with your mind, but with your instinct.
- Lionel Messi
6
Basketball
I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them
- Pete Carril
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