- "Sports Do Not Build Character...They Reveal It."
John Wooden
- "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below."
Grantland Rice
- "The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights."
Mohammed Ali
- "All I want out of life is when I walk down the street people say 'There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived.'"
Ted Williams
- "Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."
Vince Lombardi
- "One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- "Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half."
Paul "Bear Bryant
- "Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability."
John Wooden
- "I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Any fellow who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses - so what?"
Red Auerbach
- "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
Satchel Paige
- "There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer intensity."
Jack Nicklaus
- "Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical "
Yogi Berra
- "He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game."
Adolph Rupp
- "Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing."
Ben Hogan
- "Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there."
Venus Williams
- "You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose."
Gordie Howe
- "For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes -- not that you won or lost -- but how you played the Game."
Grantland Rice
- "The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion."
Jean Claude Killy
- "No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind."
Tom Watson
- "It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer."
Larry Bird
- "The secret of winning is working more as a team, less as individuals."
Knute Rockne
- "Contrary to the opinion of many people, leaders are not born. Leaders are made, and they are made by effort and hard work."
Vince Lombardi
- "I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
Walter Payton
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