RANDOM QUOTES

Track & Field
If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn't run hard enough.
- Steve Jones
8
Badminton
Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.
- Howard Bach
5
Basketball
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
- Pat Riley
1
Volleyball
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
10
Badminton
If it's not televised, there's no way Americans will know about competitive badminton. All they know is the back-yard thing.
- Howard Bach
3
Golf
You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resiliency.
- Hale Irwin
1
Soccer
Dream big, because dreams do happen.
- Alex Morgan
4
Boxing
Every guy I touch, it's the same result. When I land, it's like seeing one of those preachers on TV. When I touch them, they fall out.
- Deontay Wilder
8
Baseball
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
- Jackie Robinson
6
Cycling
In politics, one can learn some things from cycling, such as how to have character and courage. Sometimes in politics there isn't enough of those things.
- Guy Verhofstadt
1
Hockey
Hockey would be a great game? if played in the mud.
- Jimmy Cannon
1
Basketball
I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began
- Bob Knight
2
Boxing
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
- Muhammad Ali
13
Volleyball
Volleyball is one of the most interactive games going. It is a game of intuition, imagination, improvisation—but most of all, of reciprocity. Of teamwork. There is no way to freelance in volleyball.
- Marv Dunphy
3
Badminton
Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.
- Deepika Padukone
2
Basketball
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden
1
Soccer
The golden rule of soccer, Pass unto others as you would have them pass unto you.
- Bob Burns
1
Cricket
To me, cricket is a simple game. Keep it simple and just go out and play.
- Shane Warne
2
Basketball
You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves
- Phil Jackson
7
Hockey
There is no professional field hockey. So you better be getting your education. Otherwise, it's a waste of time and money.
- Gail Petty.
1
Track & Field
Real pride is doing what you are supposed to do when no one is watching.
- Unknown
3
Track & Field
You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.
- Grete Waitz
1
Tennis
Believe in your tennis dreams and you're halfway to reaching your tennis goals.
- Felicity Luckey
2
Track & Field
When your legs can't run anymore, run with your heart.
- Unknown
1
Rugby
It is impossible to excel at something you don't enjoy
- Unknown
6
Weightlifting
Squat, jump, climb, throw, lift.
- Unknown
1
Wrestling
If you watch wrestling, you now know the hip-hop culture is being represented with wrestling. For the longest time, the cultures have almost been parallel.
- John Cena
1
Skiing
If you don't do it this year you will be one year older when you do.
- Warren Miller
3
Track & Field
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.
- Carl Lewis
3
Track & Field
My hunger is always there.
- Usain Bolt
4
Track & Field
Most people race to see who is the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts.
- Steve Prefontaine
1
Cricket
I do not play for records. I enjoy my cricket and I play with passion.
- Sachin Tendulkar
3
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
Boxing
Don't let anyone tell you are weak, because you are a women
- Unknown
13
Track & Field
There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.
- Bill Bowerman
2
Soccer
Soccer isn't just a game anymore… It's a lifestyle!
- Unknown
1
Shooting
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a but.
- Abhinav Bindra
3
Volleyball
What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.
- Anson Dorrance
2
Table Tennis
Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.
- Boris Johnson
11
Tennis
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
- Don Rumsfeld
3
Cycling
A bicycle ride is a flight from sadness.
- James E. Starrs
1
Football
Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.
- Jim Brown
6
Boxing
Lie down so I can recognise you.
- Willie Pep
2
Tennis
Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day.
- Andre Agassi
5
Baseball
I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's real true love.
- Billy Martin
6
Football
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
- Joe Paterno
10
Rugby
Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.
- Oscar Wilde
2
Football
Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.
- Johan Cruyff
2
Volleyball
Volleyball is our business and business is good.
- Unknown
1
Lacrosse
Strength and mind don't win games...heart does
- Unknown
12