Inspirational sports Quotes · Page 7

I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

— Mickey Mantle

Surfing is all about living in the moment. When you walk out on the Sydney Cricket Ground to play cricket you're intensely…

— Nick Carroll

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

— Anonymous

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the…

— Steffi Graf

Realise there is always somebody else in the World who's not coping as well as you are.

— Cathy Freeman

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can…

— Evander Holyfield

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

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Geez, I just played cricket because I loved the game. I never thought about it much, never really had any formal coaching.

— Steve Waugh

I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.

— Sasha Cohen

I've worked hard all my life.

— Dawn Fraser

My free-kick secret? I just look at the net and say take the kick, Cristiano.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Sent off, carried off, but never backed off.

— David Dunworth

The difference between a winner and a loser is, many times, a matter of inches. If you think you can do it,…

— Nancy Lieberman

People have to understand one thing: at the age of 18, I arrived at a dream club like Manchester United. It was…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in…

— Roger Federer

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

— George Will

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

— George A. Sheehan

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

— Nelson Mandela

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

— Ty Cobb

The more I run, the more I want to run, and the more I live a life conditioned and influenced and fashioned…

— George A. Sheehan

It's not where you start but where you finish.

— April Heinrichs

Sport...teaches life's lessons. But there's no substitute, in my book, for education, because that gives you choice.

— Fiona Wood

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

In Mendrisio I felt it - the exhilaration of what the bike has to offer. It's a simple machine that conjures a…

— Cadel Evans