Quotes on Awesome Sports

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

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

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.

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

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

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

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.