Inspirational Sports Quotes - Page 15

• The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Sports, Fun, Athlete

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• Sport provides the spectacle, the metaphor, the religious ritual, the putty to fill the cracks in countless lives.

  Phillip Adams

  Sports, Religious, Inspirational Life

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• Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

  John Howard

  Sports, Country, Thinking

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• There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.

  John Howard

  Sports, Special, Pillars

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• It's a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.

  Dawn Fraser

  Beautiful, Sports, Opening Up

  "The Sports Factor" with Amanda Smith, www.abc.net.au. June 8, 2001.

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• Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.

  Reggie Jackson

  Sports, Let Me, Please

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• If at first you don't succeed, you're obviously not me.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Success, Firsts, Succeed

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• A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation.

  Donald Horne

  Sports, Golf, Men

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• I've worked hard all my life.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Inspirational Life, Hard Life

  "The Sports Factor" with Amanda Smith, www.abc.net.au. June 8, 2001.

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• In hindsight everything is much clearer.

  Bart Cummings

  Sports, Hindsight

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Tattoo

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• I say to the young blokes, when you get asked for an autograph, don't knock it back because there'll be a time where no one will ask you.

  Brett Kenny

  Sports, Wisdom, Australia

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• The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Excellence, Olympic Spirit

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Parent, Desire

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• I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Past, Years

  "The Sports Factor" with Amanda Smith, www.abc.net.au. June 8, 2001.

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• If you're good at it, you can win.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Winning, You Can Win

  "The Sports Factor" with Amanda Smith, www.abc.net.au. June 8, 2001.

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• We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.

  Dawn Fraser

  Sports, Two, Motivational Running

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.

  Dawn Fraser

  Motivational, Sports, Hurt

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

  Donald Bradman

  Sports, Dust, Play

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• For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Sports, Improvement, Individual

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• But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

  Pete Rozelle

  Sports, Winning, Player

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• The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

  Steve Garvey

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

  "There's No I in Team, But Me Plays a Big Role" by Tom Gerdy, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2012.

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• No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.

  Lou Brock

  Sports, Baby, Pain

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• Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

  Joe Louis

  Motivational, Sports, Boxing

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• All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.

  Mario Lemieux

  Sports, Player, Careers

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