RANDOM QUOTES

Track & Field
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
- Steve Prefontaine
3
Rowing
Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream.
- Jim Dietz
5
Skiing
The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.
- Jimmy Carter
1
Soccer
As soon as I started to realise that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.
- Abby Wambach
6
Golf
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
- Ben Hogan
1
Tennis
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.
- John McEnroe
1
Cycling
Bike riding requires permanent sacrifice. It means training 11 months out of 12 and 110 days of racing, whatever the weather conditions. Early in life, I realised I did not have intellectual potential, so I dedicated myself to cycling.
- Richard Virenque
1
Soccer
One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire.
- Hope Solo
2
Baseball
I watch a lot of baseball on radio.
- Gerald Ford
1
Volleyball
The only thing that makes a good day better is volleyball.
- Unknown
2
Wrestling
Destruction CAN be beautiful!
- Mick Foley
5
Volleyball
I play volleyball on the beach. It's a great way to work out and have fun.
- Jessica Sanchez
1
Track & Field
Pain is nature's way of telling you that you are still alive.
- Roger Bannister
1
Wrestling
I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling.
- Leslie Fiedler
3
Swimming
You are toughest than you know. Better than you will ever realize.
- Unknown
2
Basketball
Champions never sleep, the eternal spirit keep them alert and awake.
- Amit Ray
1
Swimming
While I'm swimming, I sing songs in my mind.
- Alexander Popov
2
Cricket
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.
- IMRAN KHAN
4
Cricket
Whatever level you reach, getting better never stops.
- Sachin Tendulkar
15
Golf
I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously
- Payne Stewart
4
Cricket
People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.
- Sachin Tendulkar
19
Lacrosse
I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.
- Jim Brown
9
Golf
Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe.
- Jack Nicklaus
1
Tennis
Tennis goals are tennis dreams with deadlines.
- Felicity Luckey
2
Football
The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.
- Chuck Noll
9
Soccer
Football is a game about feelings and intelligence
- Jose Mourinho
2
Lacrosse
At Navy and in lacrosse, the off-the-field leadership comes into play, you know so if one person is slacking off, we've got everyone making sure everyone is pulling their own weight.
- Sean Price
1
Field Hockey
A good player plays where the ball is. A great player plays where the ball is going to be.
- Unknown
13
Wrestling
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.
- Ross Perot
1
Boxing
Show me an undefeated fighter and I'll show a guy who's never fought anybody.
- Whitey Bimstein
2
Rugby
We've lost seven of our last eight matches. Only team that we've beaten was Western Samoa. Good job we didn't play the whole of Samoa.
- Gareth Davies
3
None
The difference between good and great all comes down to sheer determination - never giving up and always pushing the boundaries.
- Jean de Villiers
6
Rowing
In rowing, as in life, there are competitors and there are racers. The competitor works hard and rows to his limit. The racer does not think of limits, only the race.
- Jim Dietz
17
Baseball
Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.
- Ferguson Jenkins
4
Boxing
The best kind of sweat, is the kind dripping from your face.
- Unknown
6
Volleyball
Volleyball rules are simple. If it is on the floor, pick it up and get it into the air. If it is in the air, keep it off the floor.
- John Kessel
2
Soccer
The guys who play it [soccer] are kinda dumb. Why don't they just kick the crap out of the guy in front of the net? Then they could score all they want.
- Tite Kubo
5
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
Weightlifting
If you clean the weight first, you will have a much better chance of successfully completing the jerk
- Stan Bailey
10
Basketball
This is a business and everything happens for a reason. I'm going to just to play hard, try to play hard and do whatever it takes to win.
- James Harden
6
Baseball
I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field.
- Bryce Harper
2
Rugby
You can't succeed if your mind is elsewhere
- Unknown
6
Soccer
The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.
- Desmond John Morris
1
Volleyball
I play Vollyball because punching people is frowned upon.
- Unknown
3
Swimming
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt
2
None
If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
21
Hockey
I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.
- Andy Rooney
1
Swimming
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
- Unknown
1
Cricket
Far from marking the end of nationalism, the IPL is the ultimate triumph of that principle: a global tournament in which the same nation always wins.
- Gideon Haigh
4
Rugby
If Walt Disney had seen this little man's antics, there'd have been no Mickey Mouse.
- Peter Sterling
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