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Sports Quotes by Joe Paterno
- What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.
- A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and defeat is contained…
- Success and excellence are not the same. Excellence grows within a person, is largely within that person's control, and its meaning lasts. Success is measured…
- We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have…
- Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his…
- We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives…
- Sport is a product of human culture. America seems to need football at this state of our social development. When you get ninety million people…
- Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
- Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
- The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
- You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
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- The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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- Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. — Lance Armstrong
- Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place. — Lance Armstrong
- If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. — Lance Armstrong
- The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. — Arthur Ashe
- There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.' — Arthur Ashe
- Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch… — Red Auerbach
- For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn? — Jane Austen
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach