Wrestling Quotes - Page 7

• The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Art, Philosophical

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), George Maximilian Anthony Grube (1963). “The meditations”, Bobbs-Merrill Company

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• It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Motivational, Courage, Strong

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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• To be the man, you gotta beat the man!

  Ric Flair

  Motivational, Men, Wwe

  FaceBook post by Ric Flair, The Nature Boy from Oct 22, 2016

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• A clean, hard-fought wrestling match is the most honest of athletic contests. There is no technological interventions, no teammates to blame, no panel of judges to bias the score. In wrestling, you compete or you quit. No alibis. I like that

  Dan Gable

  Judging, Athletic, Teammate

  Gable, Dan (1998). “Coaching Wrestling Successfully”, p.25, Human Kinetics

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• To win you must have talent and desire ­ but desire is first.

  Sam Snead

  Winning, Desire, Firsts

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• Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.

  John C. Maxwell

  Attitude, Preparation, Succeed

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• The attitude, and the mind, is where it all starts.

  John Smith

  Attitude, Mind

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• If I had stood at the free-throw line and thought about 10 million people watching me on the other side of the camera lens, I couldn't have made anything. So I mentally tried to put myself in a familiar place. I thought about all those times I shot free throws in practice and went through the same motion, the same technique that I had used thousands of times. You forget about the outcome. You know you are doing the right things. So you relax and perform.

  Michael Jordan

  Practice, People, Relax

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• I always practice as I intend to play.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Practice, Play

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• Winning comes down to who can execute under pressure.

  Billie Jean King

  Winning, Pressure, Under Pressure

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• The two things that scare me most about wrestling fans is that they're allowed to vote and allowed to reproduce.

  Bobby Heenan

  Wwe, Two, Scare

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• A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

  Henry Adams

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

  The Education of Henry Adams ch. 20 (1907)

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• The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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• Wrestling is an art form. I don't worry about those who don't get it; I worry about satisfying those who do.

  Paul Heyman

  Art, Worry, Form

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• Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Opportunity, Growth, Cybernetics

  "Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life".

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• Anybody can win the matches you can dominate, but it's the tough matches that are going to make the difference.

  Jim Zalesky

  Winning, Differences, Tough

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• Now, Bad Ass, you run your mouth about Summerslam. Well, here's the situation. The Rock says this, if the Rock hits you he'll kill you. If he misses, the wind behind the punch will give you pneumonia and you'll die anyway, so the choice is yours, jabroni.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Running, Bad Ass, Pneumonia

  "Line-O-Rama: The Rock Says" by Matt Fowler, www.ign.com. July 02, 2009.

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• I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why? Because wrestling requires even more dedication than writing because wrestling represents the most difficult and rewarding objective that I have ever dedicated myself to; because wrestling and wrestling coaches are among the most disciplined and self-sacrificing people I have ever known.

  John Irving

  Art, Writing, Sacrifice

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• When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.

  Dan Gable

  Motivational, Sports, Tired

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• It is not work that kills, but "worry."

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Worry, African Proverbs

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• There were times when deep down inside I wanted to win so badly I could actually will it to happen. I think most of my career has been based on desire.

  Chris Evert

  Winning, Thinking, Careers

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• Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Fuel, Fear Of Failure, Edges

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• The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspiration, Winning, Men

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• The better your attitude and the harder you work, the luckier you get.

  Robert G. Allen

  Attitude, Golf, Bodybuilding

  Robert G. Allen (2006). “Creating Wealth: Retire in Ten Years Using Allen's Seven Principles of Wealth”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• All men like to think that they can do it alone, but a real man knows that there no substitute for support , encouragement or a pit crew.

  Tim Allen

  Encouragement, Real, Thinking

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