Sports Quotes

"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer."

Ted Williams

"I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee."

Joe DiMaggio

"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."

Muhammad Ali

"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income."

George Foreman

"Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it."

Pat Summitt

"Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best possible manner at the time you are supposed to do it."

Mike Krzyzewski

"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."

Nadia Comăneci

"Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride."

Eddy Merckx

"It never gets easier, you just go faster."

Greg LeMond

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

Sir Edmund Hillary

"It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax."

Tenzing Norgay

"There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars."

Lee Trevino

"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

Walter Hagen

"And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further."

Ayrton Senna

"Once something is a passion, the motivation is there."

Michael Schumacher

"It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand."

"For each individual, sport is a possible source of inner improvement."

Pierre de Coubertin

"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose – it teaches you about life."

Billie Jean King

"The glory of sport comes from dedication, determination, and desire."

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath."

Wilt Chamberlain

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

"When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things."

Joe Namath

"Never die easy."

Walter Payton

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work."

"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome."

Arthur Ashe