Sports Quotes - Page 20

• I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Soccer, Football, Facts

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• I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

  Andy Murray

  Winning, Play, Tennis

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• Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.

  Michael Johnson

  Life, Motivational, Running

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

  Winston Churchill

  Character, Men, Choices

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• 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 Comaneci

  Motivational, Running, Fear

  FaceBook post by Nadia Comaneci from Apr 24, 2014

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• There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

  Arthur Ashe

  Analysis, Syndromes, Paralysis

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• Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Men, Heritage, Absence

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• The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

  Reggie Jackson

  Baseball, Play, Dumb

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

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• I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.

  Abebe Bikila

  Country, Running, Determination

  "50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory - in pictures" by Steven Bloor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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• I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price.

  Flo Hyman

  Pain, War, Crazy

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• Skiing is the best way in the world to waste time.

  Glen Plake

  Time, World, Way

  "New skis, same old punker attitude". Interview with Scott Willoughby, www.denverpost.com. November 6, 2006.

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• Literally falling on the ice and having to pick yourself up in front of thousands of people is not an easy thing to do. The thing that you learn is to pick yourself back up, to learn from your mistakes.

  Michelle Kwan

  Mistake, Fall, Learning

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• I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.

  Michelle Kwan

  Positive, Winning, Gold

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• Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well.

  Cathy Freeman

  Running, Peace, Keys

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• Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

  Lynn Jennings

  Running, Who I Am, Track And Field

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• I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him

  Hansie Cronje

  Competition, Fields, Admiration

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• It's a strange phenomenon how this piece of wood, wheels and a turning system has made so many people so happy

  Chris Cole

  Happy, People, Skateboarding

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• If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose

  Lee Chong Wei

  Inspirational, Attitude, Winning

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• I don't know anything about luck, but that the harder I train, the luckier I get.

  Ingemar Stenmark

  Work, Effort, Luck

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• Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.

  Gino Bartali

  Achievement, Soul, Action

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• It's not about rugby, it's about young men. It's not about building a championship team, it's about building championship boys. Boys who will be forever strong.

  Larry Gelwix

  Strength, Being Strong, Team

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• Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?

  Lauren Fleshman

  Recovery, Train Hard, Discipline

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• Twenty-plus-year career, 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.

  Lance Armstrong

  Years, Careers, Drug

  FaceBook post by Lance Armstrong from May 19, 2011

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• If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible.

  Wilhelm Reich

  Music, Football, Freedom

  "The Mass Psychology of Fascism". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1933.

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