RANDOM QUOTES

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
Badminton
Ordinary parties, he thought, were subtle games of sexual and social badminton...
- Annie Proulx
2
Hockey
You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave- win or lose.
- Gordie Howe
1
Wrestling
There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
- Dan Gable
4
Soccer
Losing is not in my vocabulary.
- Ruud van Nistelrooy
1
Football
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
- Steve Young
9
Tennis
I hate to lose more than I love to win.
- Jimmy Connors
3
Basketball
Your limits are somewhere up there, waiting for you to reach beyond infinity.
- Arnold Henry
2
Rugby
Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.
- Jonah Lomu
1
Track & Field
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
- Steve Prefontaine
3
Shooting
Olympics is everyone's dream.
- Gagan Narang
18
Swimming
This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
- Michael Phelps
1
Cricket
Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders.
- Virat Kohli
4
Volleyball
It may be hard work, but volleyball is worth it. Why, you ask. You can hit people in the face and not get in trouble.
- Unknown
1
Tennis
I play each point like my life depends on it.
- Rafael Nadal
2
Basketball
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
8
Cycling
Love the suffering. That goes into the sport, to become the best.
- T. J. Elsenhart
10
Lacrosse
In another 10 years, lacrosse will be what everybody's kids are playing.
- Gary Husmann
2
Rugby
I would not say he (Rico Gear) is the best left winger in the Super 14, but there are none better.
- Murray Mexted
1
Hockey
The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.
- Harry Sinden
3
Basketball
Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have 5 players on the same page at all times
- Hubie Brown
7
Hockey
Good players inspire themselves, great players inspire others
- Unknown
18
Football
I love me some me.
- Terrell Owens
2
Baseball
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
- Yogi Berra
1
Rugby
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
- Unknown
3
Swimming
Success isn't final, failure isn't fatal, it's courage that counts.
- Alicia Coutts
1
Football
I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor.
- Herschel Walker
2
Tennis
It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.
- Marat Safin
3
Cricket
Always take responsibility of your failure and give credit of your success to others.
- Rohit Sharma
6
Boxing
Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body
- Jack Dempsey
1
Cricket
Sachin has infinite capacity for taking pains and still making runs.
- Amit Kalantri
2
Baseball
I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all of those handshakes.
- Phil Rizzuto
3
Swimming
To some it's just water. To me, it's where I regain my sanity.
- Unknown
5
Golf
I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.
- Darrell Royal
1
Boxing
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
- Muhammad Ali
3
Track & Field
One chance is all you need.
- Jesse Owens
2
Baseball
I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats.
- Yogi Berra
13
Wrestling
There is enough reality in my life so I try not to read things that have too much stress.
- Rulon Gardner
3
None
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. conceit is self-given. Be careful.
- John Wooden
4
Boxing
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won
- George Foreman
4
Badminton
All out, all game, all season. We're GOOD at BADminton.
- Unknown
4
Baseball
I never had a job. I just always played baseball
- Satchel Paige
8
Cycling
A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke
- Scott Stoll
2
Wrestling
I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living.
- Georges St. Pierre
5
Lacrosse
He's a kid who lives and breathes lacrosse. As a sophomore, he brings everybody up with him.
- Tom West
3
Football
Well, we've determined that we can't win at home and we can't win on the road. What we need is a neutral site.
- John McKay
3
Boxing
If you control it, you can make good use of it. But if you lose control, it will kill you.
- Jose Torres
1
Soccer
Football is a game about feelings and intelligence
- Jose Mourinho
2
Golf
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
- Sam Snead
1
Football
To succeed… You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
- Tony Dorsett
6