Quotes on Great Inspirational 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

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

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

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

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

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

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

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

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

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

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

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

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

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.

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.