Sports Quotes - Page 28

• It's great to be great, but its greater to be human.

  Will Rogers

  Greatness, Self Respect, Humans

  Quoted in'A RogersThesaurus' inThe Saturday Review, 25 Aug 1962. Another form of the quote appeared in a syndicated newspaper article,15 Feb1925: 'Heroing is one of the shortestlived professions there is'.

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• It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of his instrument with an internal sense of rightness - it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.

  Arnold Palmer

  Spiritual, Mind, Musician

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• Take a strong wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as strong. Take a quick wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as quick. Take a technical wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as technical. No matter what kind of wrestler, everyone is afraid of getting tired. It's those who learn to perform when they're tired that find success.

  Jay Robinson

  Strong, Tired, Wrestling

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• True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Life, Hero, Challenges

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• I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Soccer, Football, Believe

  Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Bishop (2010). “Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children”, p.63, Applewood Books

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• Rail-splitting produced an immortal president in Lincoln, but golf hasn't produced even a good Congressman.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Teenager, Golf

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• The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Life, Softball, Motivation

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1993). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year”, Touchstone

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• I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's the intensity of the experience, at a sustained level. The experience is incredibly intense because it is so dangerous.

  Lincoln Hall

  Climbing, Judgement, Challenges

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• I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Football, Latin, Believe

  Theodore Roosevelt (1995). “A Bully Father: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children”, Random House Incorporated

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• Why did I want to win? because I didn't want to lose!

  Max Schmeling

  Success, Business, Winning

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• Last month Mitt Romney raised $76 million. He found it in an old sport-coat pocket.

  David Letterman

  Pockets, Coats, Lasts

  "Talk show hosts deemed 'hypocritical' for mocking Mitt Romney’s personal wealth" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2012.

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• I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

  Jim Thorpe

  Running, Fun, Race

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• Whether I caught fish or not, just the thrill of rolling out that line and watching my fly turn over has been good enough for me. That and the hundreds of treasured memories I have of this wonderful sport.

  Curt Gowdy

  Memories, Sea, Fishing

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• People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing.

  Ed Zern

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in the national budget.

  Walt Disney

  Fun, Should Have, Productive Work

  "The Quotable Walt Disney". Book by Disney Book Group, 2001.

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• In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.'

  Carroll Shelby

  Horse, Race, Car

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• Both gangs have been bad sports, so see if at least one can't redeem themselves by offering no alibis, but cooperate with the winner, for no matter which one it is the poor fellow is going to need it.

  Will Rogers

  Offering, Politics, Matter

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• Still loving the sport; still working on the focus.

  Phillip Thomas

  Focus, Rowing, Stills

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• I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Rough, Objects

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works”

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• It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he shall go with hundreds of companions to see someone else play well.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Play, Important

  Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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• The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

  Walt Disney

  Leadership, Dream, Consistency

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• Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest.

  Kenneth Kaunda

  War, Class, Passive Resistance

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• The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.

  Gary Player

  Stars, Woods, Way

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• I have an addictive personality. Sport is my drug of choice these days. It's one of the best drugs there is. It keeps you fit and healthy, even if, in the case of ironman, it pushes your body to the limit. The word "addiction" comes with negative connotations, but it doesn't have to be a damaging impulse. It's all about channeling your craving into something positive.

  Chrissie Wellington

  Motivational, Addiction, Choices

  Chrissie Wellington (2012). “A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• You can love infinity, eternity, Scotty dogs, sports, work, play, the feelings of being alive, the earth, the sky, the fire, the wind ... there's a lot you can love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Dog, Yoga, Wind

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