RANDOM QUOTES

Track & Field
I began with track and field because this is what I know.
- Sergei Bubka
6
Volleyball
When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.
- Elizabeth Olsen
1
Swimming
Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves…But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goal.
- Kieran Perkins
1
Tennis
Tennis just a game, family is forever.
- Serena Williams
2
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
Baseball
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
- Jim Bouton
1
Tennis
The serve was invented so that the net could play.
- Bill Cosby
1
Football
When you win, nothing hurts.
- Joe Namath
2
Rugby
In 1823, William Webb Ellis first picked up the ball in his arms and ran with it. And for the next 156 years forwards have been trying to work out why.
- Sir Tasker Watkins
1
Skiing
I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills
- Alexander McQueen
7
Weightlifting
If you love women who lift heavy, raise your glass… if not, raise your standards.
- Unknown
7
Track & Field
The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.
- Martin Mull
3
Basketball
When you're not practicing, someone else is getting better.
- Allen Iverson
17
Baseball
Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
- Dan Rather
3
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
Boxing
If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid
- Evander Holyfield
8
Rugby
Before the New Zealand v England World Cup semi-final: 'Remember that rugby is a team game; all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to Jonah.'
- Anon fax
10
Weightlifting
I still don't know how I missed gold
- Karnam Malleswari
7
Boxing
A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.
- Sonny Liston
1
Rugby
Pain heals, Chicks dig scars and glory lasts forever!
- Unknown
3
Baseball
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
- Bob Feller
2
Soccer
Football is the poetry of a motion.
- Pubudu Lasal Dissanayake
1
Baseball
When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
- Gary Sheffield
1
None
Coaches build teams, parents build players.
- Charles Smyth
3
Soccer
You must not only have competitiveness but the ability, regardless of the circumstances you face, to never quit.
- Abby Wambach
12
Baseball
If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
- Derek Jeter
1
Soccer
Soccer doesn't build character, it reveals it.
- Brad Valentine
10
Tennis
You always want to win. That is why you play tennis because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
- Roger Federer
6
Golf
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
- Jack Benny
1
Track & Field
Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle.
- Sanya Richards-Ross
16
None
I believe you've got to learn to lose before you learn to win.
- Brock Lesnar
2
Golf
I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game
- Ben Hogan
6
Boxing
I just want to conquer people and their souls
- Mike Tyson
4
Tennis
I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If I can't exercise, I feel bad - I need to sweat and run to feel like I'm in good shape.
- Bjorn Borg
1
Golf
A good golfer has the determination to win and the patience to wait for the breaks.
- Gary Player
1
Football
He is the only man I ever saw who ran his own interference.
- Steve Owen
5
Rugby
Telling people not what they want to hear but what they need to hear is a key element of being able to lead.
- John Smit
4
Wrestling
Lord knows, if it's on the internet, it's got to be true!
- Shawn Michaels
6
Football
The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.
- Les Brown
4
Golf
The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.
- Tiger Woods
1
Cycling
Cyclists…are the gods of the road.
- Nigel Havers
1
Cricket
My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
- RAHUL DRAVID
4
Soccer
The golden rule of soccer, Pass unto others as you would have them pass unto you.
- Bob Burns
1
Basketball
I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'
- Larry the Cable Guy
3
Skiing
When you are too confident, that's when you hurt yourself
- Candide Thorax
5
Baseball
If there was magic in this world, it happened within sight of the three bases and home plate.
- Tee Morris
4
Wrestling
Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.
- Dwayne Johnson
1
Weightlifting
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
- Unknown
1
Track & Field
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.
- Jesse Owens
16
Boxing
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing. But the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs.
- Cus D'amato
9