You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. — Christy Mathewson Copy Share Image
It's a lonesome walk to the sidelines, especially when thousands of people are cheering your replacement. — Fran Tarkenton Copy Share Image
Give your players something they can physically do - don't ask them to do something they can't do. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life. — Howie Long Copy Share Image
If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life... Live it, enjoy it,… — Joe Kapp Copy Share Image
People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was… — Jim Abbott Copy Share Image
Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
All of us get knocked down, but it's resiliency that really matters. All of us do well when things are going well,… — Roger Staubach Copy Share Image
There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing… — Nicole Haislett Copy Share Image
The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned,… — Mia Hamm Copy Share Image
They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother. — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
Be positive and work hard. I think it's possible to overcome anything, if you're willing to work at it. — Sheryl Swoopes Copy Share Image
A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor. — Terry Orlick Copy Share Image
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in… — Darrell Royal Copy Share Image
If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
The hitter asks the owner to give him a big raise so he can go somewhere he's never been, and the owner… — Henny Youngman Copy Share Image
I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the… — Knute Rockne Copy Share Image
To win it all, winners have to be obsessive about the fundamentals and doing the little things right. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort. — Elgin Baylor Copy Share Image
Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what… — John Smith Copy Share Image
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it.… — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport… — Carl Albert Copy Share Image
The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. — Francie Larrieu Smith Copy Share Image
What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching. — Greg Maddux Copy Share Image
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even… — Denny Crum Copy Share Image
