Sports Quotes - Page 8

• Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.

  Jim Courier

  Inspirational, Success, Athlete

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• The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

  Billy Graham

  Prayer, Golf, Funny Golf

  Billy Graham (2013). “Quotes from Billy Graham: A Legacy of Faith”, p.143, B&H Publishing Group

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• Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?

  Ben Hogan

  Funny, Athlete, Golf

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• Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

  "Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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• Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

  George Mikes

  Thinking, Cricket Match, Games

  1946 How to be an Alien.

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• Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  America, Boxing, Theater

  Joyce Carol Oates (1987). “On boxing”, Dolphin Books

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• My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.

  Bjorn Borg

  Perseverance, Giving Up, Fighting

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  Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Men

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• There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Winning, Player

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• There is no room in your mind for negative thoughts. The busier you keep yourself with the particulars of shot assessment and execution, the less chance your mind has to dwell on the emotional. This is sheer intensity.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Emotional, Assessment

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• The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics.

  Percy Cerutty

  Hockey, Self, Expression

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• No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Lockers

  Twitter post from Feb 15, 2011

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• Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

  Sparky Anderson

  Baseball, Winning, Years

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  If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

  Lance Armstrong

  Football, Fall, Cycling

  Lance Armstrong (2010). “Every Second Counts”, p.66, Random House

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• If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?

  Arthur Ashe

  Life, Court, Walks

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• Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Winning, Boys

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• I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Fun, Winning

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• I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

  Bear Bryant

  Winning, Ideas, Alabama Football

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.249, Triumph Books

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• The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust for other sports.

  Piet Pieterszoon Hein

  Sex, Healthy, Lust

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• Sport is singularly able to give us peak experience where we feel completely one with the world and transcend all conflicts as we finally become our own potential.

  George A. Sheehan

  Giving, World, Able

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• Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Dedication, Teamwork and Camaraderie: Tim Duncan" by Angela Guzman, www.beliefnet.com.

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• A failure isn't a failure if it prepares you for success tomorrow.

  Lolo Jones

  Success, Strong Women, Failure

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• I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have.

  Tony La Russa

  Baseball, Character, Clubs

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• I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Dance, Running

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• Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Lying, Famous Baseball

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