Inspirational Sports Quotes - Page 17

• I'm pretty superstitious, I want to do everything right, get my routine right, and I wait for waves. I kinda try to sense the ocean coming together for me.

  Mark Occhilupo

  Sports, Ocean, Waiting

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• I remember thinking, "Far out, I can't believe this," when I started riding waves. Then I was starting to imagine where it could take me.

  Mark Occhilupo

  Sports, Believe, Thinking

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• I still get the feeling I got when I started, that's why I'm still doing it after all these years, I still get that full adrenalin rush before I compete.

  Mark Occhilupo

  Sports, Years, Feelings

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• Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in a country that prides itself on being egalitarian, sport is intellectually and socio-economically an equal playing field. In fact, the more humble your background, the better, the underdog-turned champion is a narrative that resonates powerfully. We're far less interested in the stories of our best doctors, writers, lawyers, engineers, teachers or social workers. Their triumphs do not capture our collective imaginations.

  Mia Freedman

  Sports, Country, Teacher

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• In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

  Richie Benaud

  Sports, Facts, Bowlers

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time.

  Richie Benaud

  Sports, Winning, Toss

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you do what you did yesterday you'll be beaten. If you do today what others are doing you'll be competitive. To win you much be doing today what others will be doing tomorrow.

  Robert de Castella

  Sports, Winning, Yesterday

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• You're never a loser until you quit trying.

  Mike Ditka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• If at first you don't succeed, you can always become an ultramarathoner.

  Bruce Fordyce

  Success, Firsts, Succeed

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• A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Inspirational, Courage, Perseverance

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• If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

  Ben Hogan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Sports, Baseball, Mean

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

  Peyton Manning

  Motivational, Inspiring, Sports

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• Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

  Brett Favre

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.

  Picabo Street

  Motivational, Sports, Determination

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• Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• I want to be remembered as part of the group of the greatest players ever.

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Inspirational, Sports, Player

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• Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be spiced with disaster, except of course in sport. It was all very well for Adam Lindsay Gordon to have shot himself, but it would never have done for Don Bradman.

  Geoffrey Dutton

  Sports, Distance, Tragedy

  Geoffrey Dutton (1981). “The Australian Heroes: A Rousing Roll Call of 47 of Australia's Greatest Heroes and Heroines”, Angus & Robertson Publishers

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• There is a timelessness about sport. Like music and art, it is a quality that cuts across generations and nations. It provides a link between Australians of succeeding generations whether urging on a Donald Bradman or cheering and rejoicing in the America's Cup victory. Call it the spirit, the soul of sport - it will be in 2001 the same as it was in 1901.

  Greg Hartung

  Sports, Art, Cheer

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• When you are in the public eye you cannot afford to show doubts. I do my crying alone.

  Harry Beitzel

  Sports, Eye, Doubt

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• In a land where sport is sacred, Where the labourer is God, You must pander to the people, Make a hero of a clod.

  Henry Lawson

  Sports, Hero, Land

  Henry Lawson (1967). “Collected Verse: 1885-1900”

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• I'm just me - the way I am.

  Louise Sauvage

  Sports, Way

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• I admit that I sometimes climbed on other fellows' backs. But I used to watch the flight of the ball perhaps more than the other fellow did. Perfect timing, a deep breath and a natural spring then helped me to get above them.

  Roy Cazaly

  Sports, Spring, Perfect

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• There are two things you can be certain of: dying and getting the arse as a football coach.

  Royce Hart

  Sports, Football, Two

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