Quotes on Great Athlete

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

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

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

When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself.

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.

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

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

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

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

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.