I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and… — Dick Fosbury Copy Share Image
It took a lot of guts to change it and say 'I don't like the life that I'm living and I don't… — Leisel Jones Copy Share Image
She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's… — Frank Carroll Copy Share Image
In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that… — Elka Graham Copy Share Image
In the 8th inning you can't hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust. — Jim Abbott 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
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. — Duffy Daugherty Copy Share Image
As a kid I always idolized the winning athletes. It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria… — Petria Thomas Copy Share Image
Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles. — Terry Orlick Copy Share Image
A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself. — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Surpassing my achievements feels incredible; I want to replicate that again and again. — Katherine Reutter Copy Share Image
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
To dope the racer is as criminal, as sacrilegious, as trying to imitate God; it is stealing from God the privilege of… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top. — Paul Coffey Copy Share Image
I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
