RANDOM QUOTES

Track & Field
They said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.
- Roger Bannister
3
Swimming
Challenges are the doorway to excellence.
- Unknown
2
Baseball
One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history
- James Anthony Abbott
9
Rowing
A man who rows the boat has no time to rock it.
- Tim Brew
1
Basketball
Shout praise and whisper criticism
- Don Meyer
1
Shooting
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
- Abhinav Bindra
4
Badminton
It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.
- Sandy Lyle
4
Baseball
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.
- Roberto Clemente
3
Basketball
To go from where you are to where you want to be: you have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it
- Jim Valvano
7
Cricket
Once you get past 100, it is all about not making a mistake.
- Rohit Sharma
3
Boxing
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people
- Julio César Chávez
1
Soccer
He had an eternity to play that ball… but he took too long over it.
- Martin Tyler,
3
Lacrosse
There are guys who play lacrosse, and there are lacrosse players.
- Brendan Mundorf
5
Volleyball
Don't go into a game believing you are already better than your opponent. You must show them first.
- Unknown
6
Cricket
Once you wear the Indian jersey. It is motivation enough to go and perform on the field.
- Rohit Sharma
3
Track & Field
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
- Michael Johnson
1
Lacrosse
I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.
- Will McDonough
6
Volleyball
To be a better vollyball player than you've ever been you have to do something you've never done.
- Unknown
4
Swimming
Believe in yourself, not only in swimming but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.
- Meyer Debbie
4
Boxing
I feel amazing. In my life right now, I have so much motivation. I am so hungry and so determined
- Oscar De La Hoya
3
Basketball
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them not to let that be their only dream
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
8
Hockey
I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day.
- Michael J. Fox
2
Soccer
I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.
- Cobi N’Gai Jones
1
Cricket
No matter how hot the fire burns, a protea always survives.
- AB Devilliers
15
Tennis
Tennis goals are attained not by strength but by perseverance.
- Felicity Luckey
2
Swimming
F.E.A.R. has two meanings - Forget Everything And Run or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is yours.
- Unknown
11
Weightlifting
I'm a workhorse. One-hundred percent thoroughbred, baby.
- Stacie Tovar
1
Swimming
I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on from a playground bully.
- Tom Hiddleston
1
Soccer
Losing is not in my vocabulary.
- Ruud van Nistelrooy
1
Track & Field
I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
- Cathy Freeman
1
Baseball
It is a game with a lot of waiting in it; it is a game with increasingly heightened anticipation of increasingly limited action
- John Irving
4
Swimming
I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.
- Leisl Jones
1
Rowing
I train very hard, either rowing on the cross trainer or running. Not only do you feel tired afterwards but it relaxes you, it completely clears the head. But to sort things out I also like to walk.
- Barry McGuigan
1
Football
When you don't give up, you cannot fail.
- Adrian Peterson
4
Soccer
A football team is like a beautiful woman. When you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful.
- Arsene Wenger
1
Golf
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
- Sean Connery
2
Rugby
Rugby players are either piano shifters or piano movers. Fortunately, I am one of those who can play a tune.
- Pierre Danos
7
Table Tennis
Don't underestimate your opponents, don't overestimate yourself, especially avoid thinking about results in advance
- Wang Liqin
11
Baseball
Worrying about things you can't control is a waste both on the baseball field and in life
- Tom Swyers
2
Golf
The mind messes up more shots than the body.
- Tommy Bolt
5
Basketball
The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions
- Brad Stevens
1
Golf
Always make a total effort. Even when the odds are stacked against you.
- Arnold Palmer
11
Soccer
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.
- Phillip Abraham “Phil” Woosnam
1
Cricket
Srikkanth is a vegetarian. If he swallows a fly, he will be in trouble -
- Sunil Gavaskar
3
Hockey
The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
- Gary Bettman
1
Wrestling
Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.
- William Baldwin
1
Cycling
Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
- Lance Armstrong
2
Baseball
I do what I've trained my whole life to do. I watch the ball. I keep my eye on the ball. I never stop watching. I watch it as it sails past me and lands in the catcher's mitt, a perfect and glorious strike three.
- Barry Lyga
4
Swimming
To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
- Bear Grylls
1
Lacrosse
When you talk about lacrosse, you talk about the lifeblood of the Six Nations. The game is ingrained into our culture and our system and our lives.
- Oren Lyons
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