Quotes on Inspirational Sports

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out.

My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

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

The guys that improve every year are those that are always adding something to their game.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there is always something you can improve. [Y]ou have to put in a lot of sacrifice and effort for sometimes little reward but you have to know that, if you put in the right effort, the reward will come.

The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned by my running. And the more I run, the more certain I am that I am heading for my real goal: to become the person I am.

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

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

For me Sir Alex was my father in football. He was crucial in my career and, outside football, was a great human being with me. Talent isn't everything. You can have it from the cradle, but it is necessary to learn the trade to be the best.

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

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.