Inspirational sports Quotes · Page 4

Start where you are, use what you have.

— Arthur Ashe

Success is about having. Excellence is about Being!

— Mike Ditka

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me piece of mind.

— Peyton Manning

I say to the young blokes, when you get asked for an autograph, don't knock it back because there'll be a time…

— Brett Kenny

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

— Don Meyer

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

— Wilma Rudolph

I want you to be forever strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field.

— Larry Gelwix

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

— Mary Lou Retton

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

— Barry Humphries

I can remember crawling through the window where he was in the hospital... He said, 'You have a gift... keep training for…

— Dawn Fraser

I think it's just really made me appreciate life more. I've known people die before that and I was really rattled by…

— Mick Fanning

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

— Muhammad Ali

Sport, like all of life, is about taking your chances.

— Roger Bannister

In hindsight everything is much clearer.

— Bart Cummings

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of…

— Lionel Rose

If you do what you did yesterday you'll be beaten. If you do today what others are doing you'll be competitive. To…

— Robert de Castella

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.

— Jim Abbott

It feels good to show some courage.

— Joe Namath

I felt so full of gratitude and humility that I clasped my hands in front of me, closed my eyes and said…

— Cathy Freeman

I have practically no private life. I'm already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage,…

— George Will

Winning is euphoric, but it lasts a short time. You've got to lap it up, then move on to the next thing.…

— Stephanie Gilmore

It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose.

— Sandy Lyle

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…

— Lionel Rose