RANDOM QUOTES

Hockey
A fast body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.
- Paul Gallico
3
Swimming
Any time you can get there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends a message to other people.
- Marianne Limpert
5
Basketball
I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion
- Mike Krzyzewski
6
Volleyball
Act enthusiastic about volleyball and you will be enthusiastic.
- Unknown
1
Baseball
It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability.
- Jim Abbott
2
Volleyball
There's no crying in volleyball.
- Unknown
1
Basketball
If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue
- Pat Riley
7
Swimming
I actually love swimming but I just hate jumping in the water.
- Natalie Coughlin
1
Golf
Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.
- Bobby Jones
1
Hockey
I played pretty darn competitive-level hockey. Then the good old knee injury. Obviously, it's a blessing in disguise, but growing up Canadian, that's our religion, that's our football.
- Taylor Kitsch
3
Basketball
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
- John Wooden
2
Wrestling
I'm living every day that it could be my last, and I'm grateful for every day.
- Bret Hart
8
Volleyball
Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.
- Lisa Leslie
5
Basketball
A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself
- Pete Carril
4
Rugby
You've got to get your first tackle in early, even if it's late
- Ray Graves
8
Cycling
Save the planet. Ride a bicycle.
- Unknown
1
Swimming
I can't control what everyone else swims but if all goes well I know there are no limits.
- Leisl Jones
2
Baseball
I don't rate them, I just hit them.
- Willie Mays
3
Volleyball
Surround yourself with people that are going to support you on your journey, and get rid of the ones that don't.
- Natalie Cook
1
Wrestling
I will take what is mine and keep it for as long as i want
- Jeff Hardy
8
Swimming
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
- Ian Thorpe
1
Table Tennis
I have to throw off the burden and the pressure
- Ma Long
7
Baseball
Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.
- Ken Harrelson
2
Tennis
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
10
Football
The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.
- Les Brown
6
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
Rugby
He scored that try after only 22 seconds - totally against the run of play.
- Murray Mexted
1
Track & Field
The first thing a hurdler learns is how to fall.
- Tonie Campbell
2
Basketball
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
- Michael Jordan
19
Badminton
Did you hear this big scandal? Eight female badminton players were expelled from the Olympics for trying to lose on purpose. So tragically, they'll never have another chance to play badminton unless they get invited to a picnic.
- Conan O' Brien
4
Skiing
Skiing not only for yourself and your family, but for your country, was surreal. The amount of support I got from back home in Indiana was insane
- Nick Goepper
2
Football
No, we believed in ourselves all year. That's the position you want to be in.
- Eli Manning
1
Basketball
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special
- Jim Valvano
7
Boxing
I always feel like there's no fighter that I can't figure out
- Roy Jones Jr
2
Basketball
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players see situations before they happen so they can be prepared
- Dr Jack Ramsay
1
Football
Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.
- Lynn Swann
1
Golf
The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow.
- Tiger Woods
1
Skiing
The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.
- Jimmy Carter
1
Tennis
I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.
- Pete Sampras
1
Hockey
Hockey players have fire in their hearts and ice in their veins
- Unknown
11
Track & Field
When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more.
- Griffith Joyner
2
Basketball
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
- Pat Riley
1
Boxing
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
- Muhammad Ali
1
Swimming
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
- Lucy Powell
1
Lacrosse
Every time we have a lacrosse match, another two or three kids come up and want to play. As long as we keep playing the games, we'll keep growing.
- Mike Dubbelde
2
Hockey
You only reach the hockey goals you aim at. Therefore, you might as well aim at reaching your ultimate hockey goals.
- Felicity Luckey
4
Hockey
Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.
- Guy Lafleur
2
Baseball
Pitch within yourself.
- Tom Seaver
8
Soccer
It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.
- Franz Beckenbauer
12
Volleyball
Practice perfect today, play like a champanion tomorrow.
- Unknown
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