Sport Quotes
Top 20 Sport Quotes
No 1 (Best quote!)
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
- Emil Zátopek (1922-2000), Czech athlete, pictured right.
No 2
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is,
- Vince Lombardi (1913-70), pictured right, American football coach.
Martina Navratilova (1956- ), pictured right,the Czech-born American tennis player, said
something similar:
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
No 3
Some people think football is a matter of life and death…I can assure them it is much more serious than
that.
- Bill Shankly (1914–81), pictured right, Scottish football (soccer) manager, pictured
right.
No 4
The more I practise, the luckier I get.
- Gary Player (1935- ), South African golfer, pictured right.
No 5
I set great store in certain qualities which I believe to be essential in addition to skill. They are that the
person conducts his or her life with dignity, with integrity, courage, and perhaps most of all, with modesty.
- Don Bradman (1908-2001), Australian cricketer, pictured right.
No 6
If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.
- Ronnie Lott (1959- ), American football player, pictured right.
No 7
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
- Jack Dempsey (1895-1983), American boxer, pictured right.
No 8
Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them!
- Jimmy Demaret (1910-83), American golfer, pictured right.
No 9
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
- Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer, pictured right.
No 10
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
- Tommy Lasorda (1927- ), American baseball player, pictured right.
No 11
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your
ability.
- John Wooden (1910-2010), American basketball player and coach, pictured right.
No 12
Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he
carries himself with pride either way.
- Jim Courier (1970- ), American tennis player, pictured right.
No 13
Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly.
- Shaquille O'Neal (1972- ), pictured right, American basketball player.
No 14
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden (1910-2010), American basketball player and coach, pictured right.
No 15
A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.
- Ara Parseghian (1923- ), American football coach, pictured right.
No 16
Football doesn't build character, it reveals character!
- Marv Levy (1925- ), American football coach, pictured right.
No 17
Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.
- Jesse Owens (1913-80, American athlete, pictured right.
No 18
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
- Robert (Bob) Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), English-born New Zealand boxer, pictured right.
No 19
He can run. But he can't hide.
(talking about Billy Conn, his opponent, before a heavyweight title fight, 19 June 1946)
- Joe Louis (1914–81), American boxer , pictured right
No 20
A game is exactly what is made of it by the character of the men playing it.
- Neville Cardus (1888-1975), pictured right, English cricket writer.
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