Quotes on Best Sports

Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead

I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

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

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.

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

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

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.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

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

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

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.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.