RANDOM QUOTES

Cricket
The true test of any cricketer's character is how he reacts when the going gets tough, when it's time to dig in.
- Michael Holding
7
Weightlifting
As we reach the start of a new year, remember that success doesn't come from a single day of resolutions, but from living every day with resolve.
- Greg Everett
1
Rowing
I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new.
- Fanny Kemble
2
Wrestling
If God built me a ladder to heaven, I would climb it and elbow drop the world
- Mick Foley
5
Cycling
There is not glory in practice, but without practice there is no glory.
- Unknown
10
Cycling
Cyclers see considerably more of this beautiful world than any other class of citizens. A good bicycle, well applied, will cure most ills this flesh is heir to.
- Dr. K. K. Doty
1
Rugby
Run at the spaces, not at the faces
- Unknown
4
Boxing
When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
- Mike Tyson
1
Track & Field
If you can beat 50 guys, why beat only 49?
- Springstead
1
Hockey
I applied a lot of the same principles I used in hockey into my acting. I might have had some naive ambitions of making the NHL, but thank God, playing hockey gave me a good foundation for everything else.
- Vincent Piazza
2
Rugby
Victory is the goal. Determination gets you there.
- Unknown
2
Soccer
You only stop learning when you quit.
- Ruud Gullit
2
Swimming
If the world was flat I'd probably swim off it.
- Unknown
1
Volleyball
The Six W's: Work will win when wishing won't.
- Todd Blackledge
4
Skiing
Anything that involves the outdoors I'm all about, whether it be skiing, snowboarding, wakesurfing to mountain-biking. Anything that gets me outside.
- Daniel Cudmore
1
Track & Field
One chance is all you need.
- Jesse Owens
2
Field Hockey
Stop thinking that you don't have enough talent and start working on improving until you are good enough.
- Unknown
14
Soccer
Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.
- Lionel Messi
7
Soccer
Football is the ballet of the masses.
- Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
6
Swimming
I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
- Michael Phelps
1
Swimming
I found something I love… And never gave up.
- Michael Phelps
2
Skiing
In winter I go skiing on Saturdays and Sundays when the slopes are quieter due to changeover day for tourists, and in summer I hike up into the mountains at sunset, just as the village is settling down to dinner.
- Vanessa Mae
1
Wrestling
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
- Jesse Ventura
1
Tennis
It is very important not to think about losing.
- Venus Williams
2
Tennis
Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.
- Jim Courier
15
Swimming
Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.
- Abrahm Lincoln
9
Track & Field
Having the ambition of becoming olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
- Daley Thompson
8
Football
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
- Joe Paterno
7
Volleyball
When you've done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you'll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.
- Karch Kiraly
7
Tennis
The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are at their worst.
- Martina Navratilova
2
Wrestling
I want to surround myself with good people
- Brock Lesnar
6
Soccer
Winning - that's the most important to me. It's as simple as that.
- Cristiano Ronaldo
2
Tennis
For me losing a tennis match isn't a failure, it's research.
- Billie Jean King
25
Rowing
Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
3
Boxing
Lie down so I can recognise you.
- Willie Pep
1
Soccer
Life is like a game of soccer. You need goals. If there are no goals in your life then you can't win
- Unknown
12
Football
I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.
- Deacon Jones
1
Hockey
Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.
- Mario Lemieux
2
Cricket
But one who seeks to capture the real spirit of cricket must turn to Tony Benneworth.
- Brian Johnston
1
Cricket
In Test matches, you have to play consistent cricket for a period of time.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2
Weightlifting
My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when I was knocked down.
- Bob Moore
1
Cricket
We just want to get back to playing good cricket and make sure we play them on skill and get the emotion out of it.
- Steve Smith
3
None
I think someone should explain to the child that it's ok to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
11
Badminton
Don Chew is the owner of the Orange County Badminton Club, the location where I train. He played badminton when he was young and always had the passion for it. He never made it at the international level, but he wanted to give back to the sport. The majority of the elite players train at Orange County Badminton Club.
- Howard Bach
2
Weightlifting
I have some guys who are stronger than me, so I try to keep up with them on the strength stuff, and I got some guys who are faster than me, so I try to keep up with them.
- Rich Froning
1
Cricket
Staying in the present helps. If you start thinking about past, you always feel hurt. But it's important to forget about past. You can only take your learning out of it.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
11
Field Hockey
I think one of the things that is going to be difficult to replace is the leadership, knowing what the level of expectations in field hockey is and wanting to make a mark as a team.
- Patty Shea
3
Hockey
Hockey is figure skating in a war zone.
- Unknown
1
Tennis
There is nothing I wouldn't do on the court in order to win.
- Boris Becker
1
Soccer
The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.
- Jose Mourinho
3