RANDOM QUOTES

Basketball
Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him
- Mike Krzyzewski
6
Cricket
The expert in anything was once a beginner.
- Unknown
10
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
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
Basketball
Let me give so much time to the improvement of myself that I shall have no time to criticize others.
- John Wooden
1
Football
A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
- Vince Lombardi
1
Soccer
Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.
- Mia Hamm
2
Basketball
I am like tax. You are going to pay one way or another
- Shaquille O'Neal
3
Golf
Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 50 years and I still haven't the slightest idea of how to play.
- Gary Player
1
Football
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
- Joe Namath
7
Cricket
Playing with AB de Villiers is an absolute pleasure. He is the best in the world.
- Virat Kohli
3
Skiing
You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got.
- Ted Ligety
1
Basketball
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it’s not going to work.
- Chuck Daly
13
Cycling
Truly, the bicycle is the most influential piece of product design ever.
- Hugh Pearman
1
Skiing
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
- Dave Barry
1
Football
Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line.
- Ray Lewis
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
Cycling
I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.
- Denise Van Outen
1
Hockey
Anybody who says they don't like fighting in the NHL have to be out of their minds.
- Donald Stewart Cherry
1
Wrestling
Anyone can wrestle until they are tired.
- Cael Sanderson
2
Track & Field
Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
- Gail Devers
3
Wrestling
The extreme always makes an impression
- Jeff Hardy
7
Weightlifting
I won't let anyone out work me.
- Rich Froning
3
Wrestling
A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.
- Dan Gable
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
1
Field Hockey
A pain of discipline is far greater than the pain of regret.
- Unknown
6
Badminton
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
- Unknown
10
Basketball
Encourage 'random' picks on the ball because they cannot be scouted
- Doc Rivers
9
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
Cycling
Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears. We never use.
- Charles M. Schutz
3
Baseball
I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
- Carl Yastrzemski
3
Cricket
One-day cricket is an exhibition. Test cricket is an examination.
- Henry Blofeld
4
Soccer
How much soccer training is it needed to become a top player? It depends on the efficiency of your training routine. Setting long and short-term goals is a must.
- Pele
5
Soccer
You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.
- Pele
1
Baseball
I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.
- Joe Garagiola
1
Tennis
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
- Arthur Ashe
9
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
Track & Field
You must see yourself run the race over and over, time and time again. You must put yourself in critical positions and see how you would react in those positions before the race so when and if they do happen, the feedback is automatic.
- Rod Milburn
1
Basketball
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point where you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line
- Phil Jackson
7
Basketball
Why can't I be the best player in the league
- Derrick Rose
3
Boxing
Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat
- Deontay Wilder
5
Basketball
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
- Jim Valvano
1
Tennis
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
- Billie Jean King
8
Track & Field
My hunger is always there.
- Usain Bolt
4
Cycling
I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying.
- Greg LeMond
1
Swimming
In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level.
- Elka Graham
1
Soccer
I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.
- Mia Hamm
5
Rugby
Never too pretty to play RUGBY
- Unknown
5
Football
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
- Steve Young
9
Boxing
His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.
- Joe Frazier
2