Quotations
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Inspirational quotes made by sportspeople
There are 67 quotations in this collection:
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
- Lance Armstrong
You have to expect things of yourselves before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
- Michael Jordan
I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be agressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.
- Michael Jordan
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
- Michael Jordan
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- Michael Jordan
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
- Michael Jordan
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
- Michael Jordan
I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.
- Johnny Wilkinson
I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.
- Johnny Wilkinson
There's a lot to be pleased about and there is a lot to be down about on what we can improve on (after scoring 35 points in an 80 - 23 win!)
- Johnny Wilkinson
I'm so fast that last night I turned the light switch off in my bedroom and I was in bed before the room was dark.
- Muhammad Ali
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
- Muhammad Ali
Joe's gonna be smokin' an' I ain't even jokin but I'll be peckin' and a pokin' and I'll pour water on that smokin'. Now this might astound and amaze ya but I will destroy Jo Frazier.
- Muhammad Ali
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right!
- Brian Clough
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
- Mahatma Gandhi
We went out there as a team and believed we could win. I am an Olympic champion.
- Mark Lewis-Francis
You cannot say that you are happy when you don't win.
- Arsene Wenger
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful will win.
- Roger Bannister
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life.
- Confucius
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
- Confucius
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand
- Confucius
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
- Confucius
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- Aristotle
All men by nature desire knowledge.
- Aristotle
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
- Oscar Wilde
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
- Oscar Wilde
Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.
- Dr Seuss
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr Seuss
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
- Albert Einstein
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
- Pope John Paul II
New Zealand are the best team in the world - the execution and accuracy of their skills were a lesson in modern rugby.
- Josh Lewsey
Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere
- Brian Koslow
Use your free time for self-development.
- Brian Koslow
Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.
- Brian Koslow
Surround yourself with people who believe in you.
- Brian Koslow
There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.
- Brian Koslow
Never make negative comments or spread rumours about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours.
- Brian Koslow
Sure, winning isn't everything. It's the only thing. (Sports Illustrated, 1955)
- Henry Sanders
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
- Thomas Carlyle
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
- Thomas Carlyle
Strength lies not in defence but in attack
- Adolf Hitler
I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down...
- Abraham Lincoln
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
- Arthur Ashe
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.
- Arthur Ashe
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
- Arthur Ashe
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
- Arthur Ashe
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
- Arthur Ashe
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
- Florence Nightingale
Fatigue makes cowards of us all
- Anonymous
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- Anonymous
Its not a crime to make a mistake, but it is a crime if you dont learn from it.
- Anonymous
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
- Anonymous
If you want to be something, you have to do something.
- Anonymous
Never walk one way and look the other.
- Anonymous
The biggest risk in life is to risk nothing at all
- Anonymous
The smart man learns from his mistakes.
The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
- Anonymous
Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting; what they don't reveal is essential!
- Anonymous
A leader faces the music even when they don't like the tune.
- Anonymous
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
- Lance Armstrong
Pain is temporary, Failure lasts for ever.
- Lance Armstrong
Yellow wakes me up in the morning. Yellow gets me on the bike every day. Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice. Yellow makes me suffer. Yellow is the reason I'm here.
- Lance Armstrong
I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days or great days.
- Lance Armstrong
I become a happier man each time I suffer
- Lance Armstrong
Giving up was never an option.
- Lance Armstrong
