Quotes on Inspirational Sports

The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.

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.

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.

I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

The game of cricket existed long before I was born. It will be played centuries after my demise. During my career I was privileged to give the public my interpretation of its character in the same way that a pianist might interpret the works of Beethoven.

The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.

I'm going to win it for my country. I'm the first Aboriginal to win this. Isn't that something? I wish my Dad was alive to see it. He'd be as proud as I am.

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

It's okay to lose; just don't lose the lesson.

A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

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

You need three things to win: discipline, hard work and, before everything maybe, commitment. No one will make it without those three. Sport teaches you that.