Quotes on Inspirational Sports

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

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

When you're surfing you're not thinking about where you parked the car or what you're going to do when you grow up or what you're going to buy when you've got lots of money. You know, you're just there. You're in the moment. And I think in a contemporary world, that's a rare privilege.

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

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

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

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.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

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.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

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.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

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

You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence, you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory.