Sports Quotes - Page 20

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes.

Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is. By the time she's a high school freshman, she starts to believe it. By her senior year, she's fizzled out. Then there's her counterpart: the girl waiting in the wings who quietly and with determination decides she's going to make something of herself. Invariably, this humble, hardworking girl is the one who becomes the real player.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.

Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.

What makes the difference between a great player and just a normal player is dedication, work, commitment.

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

I stare out the window and wait for spring.

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

Yes, I thought I was joining Manchester United, I was misled by all involved. I wasnt aware of another Manchester team

The interesting thing about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

Sometimes, however, the Gaelic blood asserts itself. The Frenchmen will then attack. But the French attacking spirit is like bottled lemonade. It lacks tenacity. The Englishmen, on the other hand, one notices that they are of Germanic blood. Sportsmen easily take to flying, and Englishmen see in flying nothing but a sport.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.

An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

Sport is a preserver of health.

Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.

Go my favorite sports team go! Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Defeat the opponents soundly in this...skirmish.