Sports Quotes - Page 10

• A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Mistake

  Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Running, Winning, Acting

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• I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition.

  Jean-Claude Killy

  Success, Competition, Want

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• When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose.

  Ross Perot

  Motivational, Hate, Team

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• No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look like lunatics in a public square.

  Andre Agassi

  Athlete, Player, Squares

  Andre Agassi (2015). “The Whirl”, p.11, Vintage

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• It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Motivational, Baseball

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  No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

  Tiger Woods

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

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• Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain….Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I said.’ ‘I don’t understand the question.’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.

  Lance Armstrong

  Strong, Pain, Cycling

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• It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

  Sandy Lyle

  Funny Inspirational, Golf, Hockey

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  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

  Baseball, Athlete, Men

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

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  Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

  Jerry Rice

  Motivational, Success, Football

  "Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Wisdom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Esquire, Nov. 1962

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• Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Determination, Adversity

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Volleyball is one of the most interactive games going. It is a game of intuition, imagination, improvisation - but most of all, of reciprocity - of teamwork. There is no way to free-lance in volleyball.

  Marv Dunphy

  Inspirational, Funny, Teamwork

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• The challenge and the energy running requires may be a selfish one, but it actually motivates me to be stronger in my relationships.

  Joan Benoit

  Motivational, Relationship, Running

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• When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers!

  Joan Benoit

  Funny, Running, Flower

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• A lot of people say they love running because of how they feel afterward. Not me. Well, I love that, too, but it's also so much fun while I'm out there.

  Dick Beardsley

  Running, Fun, People

  Dick Beardsley, Maureen Anderson (2004). “Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race”, p.46, U of Minnesota Press

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• Boxing is a science. You don't just walk into a gym and start punching. Fighters are born with differences in physical ability, but you also see a big difference in their skills. That's the trainers influence at work.

  Eddie Futch

  Science, Skills, Differences

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• If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to!

  Jeff Van Gundy

  Block, Player, Games

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• Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Soccer, Football

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• As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.

  Sania Mirza

  Winning, Player, Tennis

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• One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

  Gerry Lopez

  Learning, Sea, Surfing

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• The best pitchers have a short term memory and a bullet proof confidence.

  Greg Maddux

  Confidence, Baseball, Memories

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• For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am.

  Jennifer Beals

  Running, Freedom, Feelings

  Runner's World magazine, June 2009.

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