Sports Quotes

"The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit."

Ken Doherty

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."

Heywood Broun

"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before."

Steve Young

"If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win."

Carl Lewis

"Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger."

Lou Holtz

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."

"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."

John Madden

"Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

"The triumph can't be had without the struggle."

Wilma Rudolph

"Abuse us, criticise us, but please come to watch the Indian team play."

Sunil Chhetri

"My last wish is to see an Indian win an Olympic gold medal in athletics."

Milkha Singh

"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible battles inside all of us – that's where it's at."

Jesse Owens

"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."

Jesse Owens

"I was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music."

Pelé

"Every disadvantage has its advantage."

Johan Cruyff

"Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring."

Johan Cruyff

"The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win."

"I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language."

"Tennis is just a game, family is forever."

Serena Williams

"Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come."

Serena Williams

"It's O.K. to not be O.K."

Naomi Osaka

"I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I'm the first Simone Biles."

Simone Biles

"There are better starters than me, but I'm a strong finisher."

Usain Bolt

"Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games."

Babe Ruth