There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results. — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important. — Justine Henin Copy Share Image
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without… — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it… — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
It is all very well to say that a man should play for the pure love of the game. Perhaps he ought,… — John Bentley Copy Share Image
The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again. — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image
For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them...you show them the reasons. — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
I've just been enjoying the training a bit more. I've put too much pressure on myself in the past. Just relax and… — Sophie Edington Copy Share Image
When you talk about an injury and the kind of depression you go through, it's not just because you're out of shape… — Jamila Wideman Copy Share Image
No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than… — Hugh Leonard Copy Share Image
In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a… — Althea Gibson Copy Share Image
But it's the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the "wall," like a marathon runner… — Lou Banach Copy Share Image
Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that… — Vincent Matthews Copy Share Image
When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Sport inevitably creates deadness of feeling. No one could take pleasure in it who was sensitive to suffering; and therefore its pursuit… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal. And even if they… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no… — Grant Hackett Copy Share Image
On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to… — Red Holzman Copy Share Image
When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to… — Ian Thorpe Copy Share Image
You don't really see a muscle as a part of you, in a way. You see it as a thing. You look… — 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
In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too.… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Good things don't happen by coincidence. Every dream carries with it certain risks, especially the risk of failure. But I am not… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
