Quotes on Inspirational Sports

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and often unnoticed deeds; many times I thought how nice it would be for them to be recognised, so I hope somehow that in receiving this honour that I represent these people.

I'd like to try to inspire the youth, that's obviously where our future is and the kids are the ones you can mould and you can give them ideas and opportunities and I'd like to try to inspire all the young kids because I had a dream when I was young, that was to play for Australia.

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

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

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.

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

Scoring goals is a great feeling, but the most important thing to me is that the team is successful - it doesn't matter who scores the goals as long as we're winning.

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.

Captaincy is 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent skill. But don't try it without that 10 per cent.

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.

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.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

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

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.