QUOTES OF THE DAY

QUOTES OF THE DAY

A Year's Worth of Inspirational Quotes

12-31
"The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline." Bum Phillips, NFL Head Coach
12-30
"Practice does not make you perfect, as nobody is perfect. But it will make you better. If you thought you were perfect you would no longer practice"
Adrian Parrish - soccer coach
12-29
"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. It is simple as that." Mike Singletary, NFL Linebacker
12-28
"The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses." Paul Westphal, NBA guard
12-27
"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." Arthur Ashe, Wimbledon Champ
12-26
"Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds." Larry Bird, NBA Basketball player
12-25
"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." Babe Ruth, Legendary Baseball Player
12-24
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." John Wooden, NCAA coach
12-23
"I've always believed that anybody with a little ability, a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it." Willie Shoemaker, Jockey
12-22
"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts." Roger Staubach, NFL Quarterback
12-21
Its how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. David Feherty - PGA golfer
12-20
When you're a winner, you come back no matter what happened the day before. Billy Martin, MLB manager
12-19
For every pass I ever caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. Don Hutson - University of Alabama and NFL end
12-18
The competition in the job market today calls for being as well prepared as possible. You must prepare for your future, and that key is education. - Paul "Bear" Bryant - University of Alabama football coach
12-17
When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it. - Paul "Bear" Bryant - University of Alabama football coach
12-16
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own. Bill Bradley - ex NBA player now running for President
12-15
I was not a winner when I first came out on the tour. I had to develop a trust in myself that I had the ability to win. Tom Watson - PGA golfer
12-14
You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. Roy Campanella
12-13
Publicity is like poison. It doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. Joe Paterno - Penn State football coach
12-12
Practice without improvement is meaningless. Chuck Knox - NFL coach
12-11
The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not on theirs. Tommy Lasorda - MLB manager
12-10
Experience is the name we give our mistakes. Fred Shero - NFL coach
12-9
If you burn your neighbor's house, it doesn't make your home look any better. Lou Holtz - football coach
12-8
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. Warren Spahn - Major league baseball pitcher
12-7
Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Hale Broun - sports writer
12-6
The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals. I play not my 11 best, but my best 11. Knute Rockne - football coach
12-5
I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive. Virginia Wade - tennis player
12-4
I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. Mike Ditka - NFL Linebacker
12-3
I'm not mean at all. I just try to protect myself. You'll see I don't ever pick on anybody who has a number above 30. Mike Ditka - NFL Linebacker
12-2
Good pitching will always stop good hitting, and vice versa. Casey Stengel - MLB manager
12-1
You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Roger Kahn - writer
11-30
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. Lou Holtz - football coach
11-29
Girls excel at basketball, golf and tennis, and there is no logical reason they shouldn't play baseball. Hank Aaron - MLB's all-time home run leader
11-28
If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light. Earl Campbell - NFL running back
11-27
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation. Roger Maris - Yankee slugger
11-26
If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. Jack Lemmon, actor
11-25
Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach - Dallas Cowboys quarterback
11-24
Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard, who had the desire to be great. Magic Johnson - NBA player
11-23
When I was coaching, the one thought that I would try to get across to my players was that everything I do each day, everything I say, I must first think what effect it will have on everyone concerned. Frank Layden - NBA coach
11-22
Certain sports are made for certain people - every athlete must find the sport for which he or she is best suited. Billy Jean King - Tennis player
11-21
Buffalo Bills quarterback Doug Flutie, joined on stage by his ten-year-old daughter, Alexa, at an awards show in New York recently, said that after watching the Gatorade ad featuring Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan that began airing during the Women's world Cup, Alexa turned to her dad and asked: "Who's the guy in the commercial with Mia?"
11-20
"Real soccer = 2 feet + 1 ball. The rest is your imagination."
11-19
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. It is as simple as that. God, I love that opportunity. Mike Singletary - NFL Linebacker
11-18
I practice in my head. Arthur Schnabel
11-17
You win with fundamentals. A. L. Williams
11-16
I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game. Paul "Bear" Bryant
11-15
Not everyone who practices every day is a champion. But everyone who is a champion practices ever day.
11-14
The harder you train, the harder it is to quit.
11-13
Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices. John Wooden
11-12
Practice doesn't make perfect - only perfect practice makes perfect.
11-11
It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice. Eric Lindros
11-10
Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted. Pat Riley
11-9
If I don't practice for a week, the fans know it. If I don't practice for two days, my opposite knows it. If I don't practice for one day, I know it.
11-8
Practice is the best of all instructors. Publilius Syrus
11-7
Think of new ways to do old things. You must protect against boredom in a practice situation. George Raveling
11-6
You play the way you practice. Pop Warner
11-5
When you're not practicing, remember, someone, somewhere, is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win. Ed Macauley
11-4
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player. Bob Knight
11-3
One of the most important things for a player to have during drill work is an imagination. He must imagine that it is a game-like situation. Bob Knight
11-2
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." - Unknown
11-1
The funny thing about regret is that it's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't. - Gibby Haynes
10-31
A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Simon & Garfunkel
10-30
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. Van Morrison
10-29
There are only two options regarding commitment. You are either IN or you are OUT. There is no such life as in-between. Pat Riley
10-28
Ain�t no chance if you don�t take it. Guy Clark
10-27
Perhaps once in a hundred years a person is ruined by excessive praise, but surely once every minute someone dies inside for lack of it.
10-26
Honor is better than honors.
10-25
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
10-24
I think I�ve always had the shots. But in the past, I�ve suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I�m starting to get away from that and my mental discipline and commitment to the game are much better. I think I�m really taking a good look at the big picture. That�s the difference between being around for the final or watching the final from my sofa at home. Andre Agassi
10-23
Quitters never win, winners never quit - but those who never win and never quit are idiots.
10-22
Don�t let anyone steal our dreams. Michael Jordan
10-21
If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.
10-20
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. But skydiving is not for you.
10-19
To succeed�you need to find something to hold onto, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett
10-18
Losers quit when they're tired; winners quit when they've won.
10-17
All it takes is all you got. Unknown
10-16
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That�s the mark of a true professional. Joe Paterno
10-15
Which would you rather be,--a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors? Homer
10-14
Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein. Joe Theisman
10-13
An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. Robert Benchley
10-12
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi
10-11
The only thing better than winning is losing knowing you gave your best. Michael Ip
10-10
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. Darren Weinberg
10-9
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. -George Will
10-8
"Winning is not a sometime thing; it�s an all time thing. You don�t win once in a while, you don�t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." Vince Lombardi
10-7
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Michael Jordan
10-6
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden
10-5
Most games are lost, not won. Casey Stengel
10-4
If you train hard, you�ll not only be hard, you�ll be hard to beat. Herschel Walker
10-3
The minute you start talking about what you�re going to do if you lose, you have lost. George Shultz
10-2
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charlie Finley
10-1-99
It�s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Archie Griffin, two-time Heisman winner ( 5�9��)
9-30
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do. A J Kitt
9-29
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. William A. Ward
9-28
There�s no substitute for guts. Paul �Bear� Bryant
9-27
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. Hank Aaron
9-26
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. Lou Holtz
9-25
I really lack the words to compliment myself today. Alberto Tomba
9-24
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. Joe Paterno
9-23
We must either find a way or make one. Hannibal
9-22
It�s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. Muhammad Ali
9-21
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Balzac
9-20
Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time. Greg LeMond
9-19
To succeed...You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett
9-18
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates. Magic Johnson
9-17
Set your goals high, and don�t stop till you get there. Bo Jackson
9-16
Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Sir Edmund Hillary
9-15
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. Gale Sayers
9-14
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man�s determination. Tommy Lasorda
9-13
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Coach Darrel Royal
9-12
You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge. Damon Runyon
9-11
It�s a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don�t quit when you're tired�you quit when the gorilla is tired. Robert Strauss
9-10
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. Arnold Schwarzenegger
9-9
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. Tom Landry
9-8
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Unknown
9-7
It�s not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it�s what you put into the practice. Eric Lindros
9-6
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sassoon
9-5
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. Jean-Claude Killy
9-4
Everyone has limits on the time they can devote to exercise, and cross-training simply gives you the best return on your investment�balanced fitness with minimum injury risk and maximum fun. Paula Newby-Fraser
9-3-99
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear�not absence of fear. Mark Twain
9-2-99
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart
9-1-99
Show me a guy who�s afraid to look bad, and I�ll show you a guy you can beat every time. Lou Brock
8-31-99
Don�t look back. Something might be gaining on you. Satchel Paige
8-30-99
When someone tells me the is only one way to do things, it always lights a fire under my butt. My instant reaction is, �I�m gonna prove you wrong.� Picabo Street
8-29-99
The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I�m starting to believe that. Dan O�Brien
8-28-99
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi
8-27
The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players. Don Coryell
8-26
It�s what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden
8-25
If at first you don�t succeed, you are running about average. M. H. Alderson
8-24
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles. Bob Richards, Pole Vaulter
8-23
There are only two options regarding commitment. You�re either IN or you�re OUT. There�s no such thing as life in-between. Pat Riley
8-22
The game isn�t over till it�s over. Yogi Berra
8-21
I�m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson
8-20
I�ll always be Number 1 to myself. Moses Malone
8-19
When you�re riding, only the race in which you�re riding is important.
Bill Shoemaker
8-18
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Seneca
8-17
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don�t play together, the club won�t be worth a dime. Babe Ruth
8-16
When you�re playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you�ll fight for the winner�s circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor. Pat Riley
8-15
Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it. Chuck Noll
8-14
When your are playing for the national championship, it�s not a matter of life or death. It�s more important than that. Duffy Daugherty
8-13
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi
8-12
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: �Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you�ll win....Channel your energy. Focus.�
�Carl Lewis
8-11
The fulfillment of your dreams lies within you and you alone. Unknown
8-10
All dreams can come true�if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
8-9
A ship in the harbor is safe. But that�s not what ships are built for. Anonymous
8-8
The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves. Anonymous
8-7
Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.
Anonymous
8-6
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: The would is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Anonymous
8-5
You learn you can do your best even when it�s hard, even when you�re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage. Joe Namath
8-4
Winning isn�t everything, wanting to is. Anonymous
8-3
If you don�t do what�s best for your body, you�re the one who comes up on the short end. Julius Erving
8-2
Confidence is a very fragile thing. Joe Montana
8-1
If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the race�it�s up to you. Dave Scott, Triathlete
7-31
I�ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn�t have a chance to win. Arnold Palmer
7-30
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound gods. John F. Kennedy
7-29
The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the others willing to let them. Robert Frost
7-28
The more I train, the more I realize I have more speed in me. Leroy Burrell, sprinter
7-27
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! Pat Riley
7-26
If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Unknown
7-25
Even if you are on the right track, you�ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
7-24
Winners never quit and quitters never win. Unknown
7-23
I will always be someone who wants to do better than others. I love competition. Jean-Claude Killy
7-22
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson
7-21
Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. Shannon Miller, Olympic Gymnast
7-20
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. Bruce Jenner
7-19Personality has the power to open doors, but character keeps them open.
7-18
He who stops being better stops being good. Oliver Cromwell
7-17
The principle is competing against yourself. It�s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before. Steve Young
7-16
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Kikuyu proverb
7-15
You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures. Charles C. Noble
7-14
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. William A. Ward
7-13
There are times when silence is golden; other times it is just plain yellow. Ed Cole
7-12
The man who wins may have been counted out many times but he didn't hear the referee. H. E. Jansen
7-11
You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do. Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead
7-10
Character is what you are in the dark.
7-9
Many of my friends from home have been sent to jail for drugs. But I didn't want to end up like that. I would go to the gym every night to practice. Once the janitor said, "It's Saturday night. why aren't you out at parties like everybody else?" I said "Parties won't take me where I want to go." Kevin Johnson, NBA guard
7-8
When you face a fork in the road, step on the exhilarator! Pat Riley
7-7
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you�ll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit. Joe Paterno
7-6
No one ever drowned in sweat. Unknown
7-5
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary. Ray Knight
7-4
To be prepared is half the victory. Miguel Cervantes
7-3
A champion is someone who is bending over to exhaustion when no one else is watching. Mia Hamm
7-2
I'm a firm believer that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy. Jack Nicklaus
7-1
Don't ever allow the pressure of competition to be greater than the pleasure of competition. Jim Rodgers NBA coach
6-30
Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles. Bob Richards, pole vaulter and two time Olympic gold medalist
6-29
Having fun is the name of the game. We all go out there and play as hard as we can to try to win. But the main reason we play is to have fun. Never do anything you don't enjoy. I've always said that when I stop having fun. I'll leave the game. Joe Carter, Major League Outfielder
6-28
Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners. Joe Gibbs, NFL coach
6-27
Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I try to innoculate myself against the fear of failure. Bill Foster, college basketball coach
6-26
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be as taut and vibrating as a guitar string. Pele
6-25
I've never lost a game in my life. Once in a while, time ran out on me. Bobby Layne, NFL Quarterback
6-24
I never think about missing a free throw. All that goes through my mind when I'm at the line is seeing the ball go through the bottom of the net. Brad Daugherty, NBA center
6-23
A winner never whines. Paul Brown, NFL Coach
6-22
There's no crying in baseball. Tom Hanks in the movie "A League of Their Own"
6-21
We need people who can influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions. Joe Paterno
6-20
In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for that last shot - not in anybody else's not in anybody else's hands in the world. Larry Bird
6-19
You can't measure success if you have never failed. Steffi Graf, professional tennis player
6-18
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister - first runner to break the 4 minute mile barrier
6-17
I don't think I can play any other way but all out ... I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it. George Brett, baseball player
6-16
Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second. Bear Bryant
6-15
Don't tell me how rocky the sea is. Just bring the ship in. Lou Holtz, football coach
6-14
You're never as good or as bad as they say you are. In the context of eternity, my football achievements mean very little. To a large extent, my job consists of running downfield, beating a guy, and catching a ball - no big deal. Nothing to worry about. Steve Largent, NFL wide receiver
6-13
To me, there is a cycle in sports: "The more you enjoy it, the more you practice; the more you practice, the more you improve; therefore, you enjoy it more." Pancho Gonzalez, Professional Tennis Player
6-12
When you have a lot of confidence, you can have a lot of fun, and when you have fun, you can do amazing things. Joe Namath, Quarterback
6-11
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work. Charlie Lau, famous hitting coach
6-10
You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation. Roger Maris
6-9
I believe in disipline. You can forgive incompetence. You can forgive lack of ability. But one thing you cannot ever forgive is lack of discipline. Forrest Gregg, NFL coach
6-8
Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment. Heywood Broun Sportswriter
6-7
It it had not been for the wind in my face, I wouldn't be able to fly at all. Arthur Ashe
6-6
I've learned it's not always the most talented poeple who make it, but those who don't give up. Adam Burt, NHL player
6-5
Sport is only sport if the results are unpredictable. Otherwise we would gain the same entertainment by watching the Harlem Globetrotters. Sir Arthur Gold, Chairman - British Olympic Association
6-4
Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. When I'm in the last two minutes of a December playoff game, I'm drawing confidence from wind sprints I did the previous March. Roger Staubach
6-3
It doesn't do you any good to ... get upset. If you lose you should learn something from it. If it was your best pitch, well, you gave it your best shot. If it wasn't, you shouldn't throw it again. Orel Hershiser
6-2
Sometimes I find myself getting a little too serious. When I'm having fun, it breaks the tension and I play much better. Andre Agassi, Professional Tennis Player
6-1
Whenever people talk about baseball, they don't say, work ball,: they say "play ball." It should be fun. Willie Stargell
5-31
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. Vernon Law - Major League pitcher
5-30
Class is an intangible quality which commands, rather than demands, the respect of others. John Wooden, UCLA Basketball coach
5-29
I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.
Hakeem Olajuwon NBA Center
5-28
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens
5-27
I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I don't need to score. As long as we win, I don't care how many points I score. Patrick Ewing - NBA center for the New York Knicks
5-26
You can't get much done in life if you only work when you feel good. Jerry West, NBA coach
5-25
The minute you start talking about what you are going to do after you lose, you have lost. George Shultz
5-24
Winning is habit, unfortunately, so is losing. Vince Lombardi
5-23
You don�t win once in a while, you don�t do things right one in a while, you do them right all the time.
5-22
I stay after practice to catch passes. I look at myself as an encouragement to the (average) man who doesn't have great speed. I work hard. If you work hard too, you can make it. Steve Largent - NFL wide receiver.
5-21
Even though circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, never lose sight of your goal. Instead, prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs. Mario Andretti - race car driver
5-20
I enjoy winning, but there are benefits in losing, too. Before you can be a winner, you have to learn to lose. Isiah Thomas - NBA guard - Detroit Pistons
5-19
Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts. Earl Campbell, NFL fullback
5-18
Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do, while taking the needs of other into consideration. Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys quarterback
5-17
There's no substitute for guts. Paul "Bear" Bryant - University of Alabama Football coach
5-16
Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself. Olga Korbut, 8 time gold medal Olympic gymnast
5-15
You never fail until you stop trying. Florence Griffith Joyner, 3 time gold medal winning Olympic sprinter
5-14
To repeat successes of the past, follow your old program. Don't get fancy; just be consistent. Bill Rogers - Boston Marathon Race winner
5-13
Practice does not make the athlete. It is the quality and intensity of practice that makes the athlete, not just repeated practicing. Ray Meyer, college basketball coach
5-12
I prepared myself beforehand until I knew that I could do what I had to do. Then I had faith. Joe Namath - New York Jets quarterback
5-11
Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear. Pat Riley, NBA coach.
5-10
Discipline is the whole key to being successful. We all get 24 hours each day. That's the only fair thing; it's the only thing that's equal. What we do with those 24 hours is up to us. Sam Huff, NFL linebacker
5-9
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
5-8
Failure isn't fatal and success isn't final.
5-7
Most things are difficult before they are easy.
5-6
The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is often the difference between success and mediocrity.
5-5
A nice thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
5-4
You cannot push someone up the ladder unless they are willing to climb themselves.
5-3
Attitude is an inner concept. It is the most important thing you can develop in your life. Wayne Dyer
5-2
Strange how much you got to know before how little you knew. Duncan Stuart
5-1
He didn't know it couldn't be done... so he did it.
4-30
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4-29
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Robert Louis Stevenson
4-28-99
The reward of a task well done is in being called to do a bigger one.
4-27
We see obstacles when we take our eyes off our goals.
4-26
In the long run, people hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. Henry David Thoreau
4-25
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely, once in a minute, something generous dies for want of it. Erich Fromm
4-24
A winner credits good luck for winning, even though it isn't good luck. A loser blames bad luck for losing, even though it isn't bad luck.
4-23
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
4-22
All people are created with an equal opportunity to become unequal.
4-21
Winners see what they want to happen. Losers see what they want to avoid.
4-20
Remember when you are not practicing, somewhere someone is, and when you meet him, he will win.
4-19
Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that it must. Charles Kettering
4-18
Those who profit most are those who give the most.
4-17
Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are important. The slogan "press on" has solved, and always will solve, the problems of the human race.
4-16
Every noble work is at first impossible. Thomas Carlyle
4-15
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
4-14
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. - George Jessel
4-13
Remember that winners do what losers don't want to.
4-12
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
4-11
I've learned that you never get rewarded for the things that you intended to do.
4-10
What your mind can conceive and your heart can believe, your body can achieve.
4-9
The road to success is always under construction.
4-8
Strive for excellence, not perfection.
4-7
Remember that overnight success usually takes many years.
4-6
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
4-5
To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius. Will Henry
4-4
The unexamined life is not worth living. -Socrates
4-3
You are what you are when no one is around.
4-2
Be thankful for adversity - it separates the winners from the quitters.
4-1
I don't coach for winning. I coach for relationships. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University men's basketball coach
3-31
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
3-30
Success is determined by how determined you are to succeed.
3-29
Winners see what they want to happen. Losers see what they want to avoid.
3-28
When you lose say little. When you win say less.
3-27
You play a game with the head and heart.
3-26
It is better to try and fail than to fail to try.
3-25
Your attitude will determine your altitude.
3-24
Live in such a way, that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
3-23
When bad times come, you can let them make you bitter or use them to make you better.
3-22
Every great achievement was once considered impossible.
3-21
Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.
3-20
The only limits are those of vision. They can who believe they can.
3-19
Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
3-18
Success is a dream turned into reality.
3-17
Success is a journey - not a destination. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
3-16
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep running.
3-15
Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.
3-14
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude that separates excellence from mediocrity.
3-13
Excellence is the exceptional drive to exceed expectations.
3-12
In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.
3-11
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
3-10
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
3-9
Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them.
3-8
No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.
3-7
Challenges can be stepping stones or stumbling blocks. It's just a matter of how you view them.
3-6
The great challenge of life is to decide what's important and to disregard everything else.
3-5
Don't be afraid to take big steps. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
3-4
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
3-3
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
3-2
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
3-1
Be humble - a lot was accomplished before you were born.
2-28
You see things that are and say, "Why?" But you dream things that never were and say, "Why not?"
2-27
A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
2-26
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words:
I do not know. - Andr Maurois
2-25
If it is meant to be, it is up to me. Sherry Bassin
2-24
Winners forget they are in a race. They just love to run.
2-23
Try to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
2-22
When giving advice, it's best to make it brief.
2-21
Most things important to know are difficult to learn.
2-20
The reward of a task well done is in being called to do a bigger one.
2-19
Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.
2-18
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.
2-17
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
2-16
The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is often the difference between success and mediocrity.
2-15
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
2-14
When you lose say little. When you win say less.
2-13
Most things are difficult before they are easy.
2-12
To have one great idea you just need to have a lot of ideas. Linus Pauling
2-11
What your mind can conceive and your heart can believe, your body can achieve.
2-10
Failure isn't fatal and success isn't final.
2-9
The road to success is always under construction.
2-8
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock the stream always wins - not through strength but by perseverance.
2-7
If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to finish.
2-6
Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, no time out. Sometimes ... its now or never.
2-5
To be a winner all you need to give is all you have.
2-4
"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."
2-3
We take risks not to escape life... but to prevent life from escaping us.
2-2
If a #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still number 2?
2-1
You make up your mind before you start .... that sacrifice is part of the package.
1-31
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
1-30
We can not direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
1-29
The harder you work the luckier you get.
1-28
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
1-27
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results.
1-26
The spirit to win and the will to excel are always measured one stroke at a time.
1-25
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. John Wooden - college basketball coach
1-24
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
1-23
In the game of life, even the fifty yard seats don't interest me. I came to play.
1-22
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
1-21
The thing I love about sports is the emotion it brings to a world where true passion is such a scarce commodity. In a society where personal, political and religious beliefs are muzzled for fear of offending, sports remains one of our last legitimate outlets. It allows us to scream and cheer and wear our bias on our sleeves like medals of honor earned in combat. Here we can state our case, argue the obvious and steadfastly defend indefensible positions without fear or remorse.
Ken Burger - Charleston South Carolina Post and Courier
1-20
Praise in public; criticize in private.
1-19
"Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but only the pig will enjoy it" Cale Yarborough
1-18
I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball. - Pete Rose
1-17
There are no ends, only means. How beautifully you get there is what counts. We were meant to enjoy the chase. Some would argue that the goal of winning makes competition serious business, that beating your opponent is the only thing that matters. The origin of the word competition - com and petere, which means "to strive together." Not antipetere, striving against each other, but competere, striving together in pursuit of excellence. Karl Mohr
1-16
"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan
1-15
A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives. Jackie Robinson
1-14
"Only dead fish go with the flow." - Unknown
1-13
We don't sing to get to the end of the song. If that were so the fastest singers would be the best, and composers would only write finales. We don't dance to get from one place on the floor to another. In other words life lesson No. 1 must be about creating a process in which the journey to success is exciting, enjoyable and fulfilling. If it hasn't been any fun achieving the goal, its accomplishment is mostly a relief from suffering. Alan Watts
1-12
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
1-11
Giving up reinforces a sense of incompetence. Going on gives you a commitment to succeed.
1-10
Most people fail not because they aim too high-but because they aim at nothing.
1-09
Doing the best that you are capable of is victory, and doing less is defeat.
1-08
They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
1-7
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law. Orison Marden
1-6
A winner never quits. A quitter never wins. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
1-5
Life does not require that we become the biggest or the best, only that we try.
1-4
The amount of success you are able to achieve through wisdom will be in direct proportion to the effort expended in acquiring it.
1-3
Chance favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur
1-2
An idea is only as good as its execution.
1-19
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. Robert Kennedy

More Quotes

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
5-18
In 1969, Frank Shorter who won the NCAA 10,000 m in his senior year at Yale and was a pretty good runner, but NOT on the radar as a potential USA best, much less as a top-level international. After graduation, he decided to
see how good he really could be and stopped saying things like "If I ..." and instead did the hard training and did put in on the line during races. Upshot, three years after graduating from Yale he won a gold medal in the '72 Olympic Marathon and finished second 4 years later (won a whole lot of other things as well) and is recognized as one of the great distance runners of all time.
Not everyone has the talent to have the success Shorter had, but everyone
can do their best and stop using the easy way out by saying "I could have
won IF...". No one will ever know what could be until they make an honest
effort, until then it is only empty talk.
5-17
It is hard to be creative with your feet. The feet are so far from your brain." -
Miami Fusion and U.S. National Team midfielder Preki when asked why
soccer is a difficult game (from the Kansas City Star)
5-16
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." Coach Darrel Royal
5-15
I know that I�m never as good or bad as any single performance. I�ve never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I�ve always been able to leave the game at the arena. Charles Barkley
5-14
Winning is not a sometime thing; it�s an all the time thing.
5-13
Not all pain is gain.
5-12
Winning isn�t everything, wanting to is. Unknown
5-11
All men who have achieved great things have been dreamers. Unknown
5-10
For every winner there are dozens of losers. Odds are that you're one of them.
5-9
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. Gale Sayers
5-8
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat." Herschel Walker
5-7
This is the beginning of a new day,
God has given me this day to use as I will,
I can waste it or use it for good,
What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it,
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever,
Leaving something in it's place I have traded for it,
I want it to be a gain, not loss-good not evil,
Success, not failure, in order that I shall not forget the price I paid for it.
5-6
Duffy Daugherty, on the secret of coaching 84 football players: "It's exactly like polygamy - you make everyone believe he's better than everyone else."
5-5
"Dreams can come true, In Life reach for the moon, because even if you stumble you'll catch a star" - unknown
5-4
I never said you can't be a nice guy and win. All I said was that if I were playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run I would trip her. Leo Durocher
5-3
If finishing second was so great, we'd only schedule dual meets." Guy Kochel, Arkansas State's track coach upon being congratulated for his team's runner-up finish.
5-2
When we lose I can't sleep. When we win, I can't sleep, but I feel better in the morning. Joe Torre
5-1
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years, and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure I'm lucky. When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift -- that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies -- that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter -- that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body -- it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed -- that's the finest I know. So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for." - Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939
4-30
"People all say that I've had a bad break. But today, today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." - Gary Cooper (as Lou Gehrig) in Pride of the Yankees
4-30
"Gehrig's words have been acclaimed, without sarcasm, as baseball's Gettysburg Address. The event itself must be accorded sport's most agonizing spectacle." - Ray Robinson
4-29
"I never knew how someone dying could say he was the luckiest man in the world. But now I understand." - Mickey Mantle after his own retirement
4-28
"You get out there, and the stands are full and everybody's cheerin'. It's like everybody in the world come to see you. And inside of that there's the players, they're yakkin' it up. The pitcher throws and you look for that pill... suddenly there's nothing else in the ballpark but you and it. Sometimes, when you feel right, there's a groove there, and the bat just eases into it and meets that ball. When the bat meets that ball and you feel that ball just give, you know it's going to go a long way. Damn, if you don't feel like you're going to live forever." - Buck Weaver (John Cusack), Eight Men Out
4-27
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come." - Terence Mann, Field of Dreams
4-26
"I loved the game. I'd have played for food money. I'd have played for free and worked for food. It was the game, the parks, the smells, the sounds. Have you ever held a bat or a baseball to your face? The varnish, the leather. And it was the crowd, the excitement of them rising as one when the ball was hit deep. The sound was like a chorus. Then there was the chug-a-lug of the tin lizzies in the parking lots, and the hotels with their brass spittoons in the lobbies and brass beds in the rooms. It makes me tingle all over like a kid on his way to his first double-header, just to talk about it." - Joe Jackson in W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe
4-25
"The outfield wall is a formal recognition of the infinity of the Tao. Anyone who has ever played the outfield without a wall in sandlot baseball knows the infinity of the field... Achieving the Tao with the long ball is the ultimate Yang for the hitter. He has been rewarded for his power to attain the infinite by overcoming the limits of the wall or fence. The outfielders have been spared the chase by the wall, and in many cases they are deprived of an out as well because they have run out of room. This is in recognition of the real; anything beyond this point is gone." - Go, The Tao of Baseball
4-24
"It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." - Bart Giamatti, The Green Fields of the Mind
4-23
"Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes. Think classy, you'll be classy. If you win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back and the press'll think you're colorful. Until you win 20 in the show, however, it means you are a slob." - Crash Davis, Bull Durham
4-22
"It's not a question of whether I'm going to do damage, but how much damage I will do." - Mo Vaughn
4-21
"I can sit in a ballpark after a game and love looking at the field. Everybody's gone, and the ballpark is empty, and I'll sit there. I sit there and think, 'Is this as close to heaven as I'm going to get?' Or, 'If I get to heaven, will there be baseball?'" - Kim Voisard, Colorado Silver Bullets
4-20
"They play just the way Phil Niekro has taught them - they'll run over you or under you, spike you, gouge your eyeballs out and do anything else they can to win. I love 'em." - Jack Warner on the Silver Bullets
4-19
"I wanted to be the greatest hitter who ever lived. A man has to have goals and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams. The greatest hitter who ever lived.'" - Ted Williams
4-18
"If I fell behind I'd just rare back, throw a fastball and say, 'Here it is. Hit it.' A lot of times they did." - Bobby Witt
4-17
"I'm conservative. My thirty-two bunt singles, placed end to end, would probably fall short of one of Babe Ruth's homers. But he got only four bases on that distance, while I got thirty-two. Yes, my lad, science pays." - Whitey Witt
4-16
"He is a very huge man. Like Godzilla." - Japanese pitcher Masato Yoshii on Mark McGwire