Sports Quotes - Page 23

A failure isn't a failure if it prepares you for success tomorrow.

It's not about rugby, it's about young men. It's not about building a championship team, it's about building championship boys. Boys who will be forever strong.

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards.

It is the most powerful submission in the sport. It is a beautiful thing. You're holding them into you, their back is on you, and you are basically choking them gradually like a boa constrictor and once you've got them, the pressure goes on and they have to submit or they are going to stop breathing. It happened to me early in my career, and I panicked, and gave in, I tapped out too early. I learned a lot from that. I learned from it, learned how to do the move better, learned how to avoid it being done to me.

It's a strange phenomenon how this piece of wood, wheels and a turning system has made so many people so happy

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

I think people can handle 150 to 200 miles a week. But something has to give somewhere. If he's a student, how's he going to study? He may be at the age of chasing and courtship, and that's an important form of sport and recreation, too.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.

One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.

I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.

It's important to know that at the end of the day it's not the medals you remember. What you remember is the process -- what you learn about yourself by challenging yourself, the experiences you share with other people, the honesty the training demands -- those are things nobody can take away from you whether you finish twelfth or you're an Olympic Champion.

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

The goal is to win. It's not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don't want to throw my money away, but it's really about having fun and that means success and trophies.

I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.

A competitor continually sets new goals. He feels the need to keep raising the bar. If the fist goal is to make the team, and he achieves it, he immediately resets the goal to: I want to be a starter.

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile.

A lot of my buddies also played golf, but when it came to going to the beach or on the boat and chasing girls, they usually went that way and I went to the golf course.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.