I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me. — Jonny Wilkinson Copy Share Image
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip. — Bud Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all? — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning. — Fred Perry 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
If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time. — Fran Tarkenton Copy Share Image
There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work… — Lolo Jones 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
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 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
When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to… — Jack Dempsey Copy Share Image
Usually a championship team is built on a strong defense. That is something you can bring to every game. A great attack… — Anson Dorrance Copy Share Image
Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Onstage I'm always different than offstage. I can be very friendly offstage, but onstage I will pull one trick after another on… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while… — Cus D'Amato Copy Share Image
A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the… — Vanderlei Luxemburgo 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
Often I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride. It's really crazy. In races,… — Gabe Jennings Copy Share Image
To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word.… — Red Auerbach 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
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
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
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
Sports are too much with us. Late and soon, sitting and watching - mostly watching on television - we lay waste our… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
In sport, mental imagery is used primarily to help you get the best out of yourself in training and competition. The developing… — Terry Orlick Copy Share Image
