Inspirational sports Quotes · Page 5

I had to put it on the line, but it was my Tour to win and mine to lose.

— Cadel Evans

There are two things you can be certain of: dying and getting the arse as a football coach.

— Royce Hart

The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling.

— Richie Benaud

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

— Earl Monroe

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

— Vince Lombardi

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

— Cal Ripken, Jr

Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.

— Ted Williams

I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn't mind it if I…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career…

— Mario Lemieux

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

— Fiona Wood

It gives me the happiest feeling in the world. I just love scoring. It doesn't matter if it's a simple goal from…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Sport provides the spectacle, the metaphor, the religious ritual, the putty to fill the cracks in countless lives.

— Phillip Adams

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change,…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

I'm pretty superstitious, I want to do everything right, get my routine right, and I wait for waves. I kinda try to…

— Mark Occhilupo

I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents.

— Dawn Fraser

I always look on the bright side of everything. If you keep aiming for some goal, you usually get there if you…

— Bart Cummings

Training is principally an act of faith. The athlete must believe in its efficacy; he must believe that through training he will…

— Franz Stampfl

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

— Cristiano Ronaldo

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If…

— Pat Riley

Waves are fascinating, the way they are created by wind far out at sea and groomed by different winds as they come…

— Stephanie Gilmore

'Just Do It' is exactly what you need to hear when you're in a moment of doubt. When you're struggling, especially with…

— Jessie J

The hardest part of your journey to success will be telling people your crazy dreams and ideas. But I've found as soon…

— Karni Liddell

The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from…

— Kevin Hart

The most important lesson I've learned from sports is how to be not only a gracious winner, but a good loser as…

— Amy Van Dyken

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

— Denis Waitley

I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

— Scotty Bowman

People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.

— Karni Liddell

If at first you don't succeed, you're obviously not me.

— Madonna Ciccone

I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me. And the one guy who didn't vote for me, thank you, too.

— Shaquille O'Neal

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

— Dean Smith

Running is in my blood-the adrenaline flows before the races, the love/hate of butterflies in your stomach.

— Marcus O'Sullivan

When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

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

— Sasha Cohen

But the tricks I use are ones that will hopefully benefit the team.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

No one did what I did last season and for this I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World…

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

— Pat Riley

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

— Rafael Nadal

I'm aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me.

— Cristiano Ronaldo

Let the smokers and the gluttons die... and leave the living to us who know how to use it.

— Percy Cerutty