1.
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
Alexander the Great
The destiny of all rests upon the actions of each.
2.
A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.
Usain Bolt
Many renowned figures have preceded me, yet this is my moment to shine.
3.
There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
Woody Hayes
There's nothing that purifies your spirit like a thorough thrashing.
4.
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.
Cus D'Amato
5.
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
Mia Hamm
I am part of a collective, and I depend on them, I yield to its authority and make sacrifices for its sake, because the group, not the single person, is the eventual victor.
6.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
Emo Philips
A machine outdid me in chess, but I had the upper hand in kickboxing.
7.
Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin
Accomplished trumps articulated.
8.
You never stay the same. You either get better or you get worse.
Jon Gruden
9.
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
Babe Ruth
10.
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Billie Jean King
11.
Good is not good when better is expected.
Vin Scully
12.
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.
Bruce Lee
13.
We don't live in our fears. We live in our hopes.
Mike Tomlin
16.
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
Bill Russell
18.
The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.
Phyllis Diller
20.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Calvin Coolidge
22.
I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that.
Usain Bolt
23.
Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.
John Wooden
24.
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
25.
Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
26.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
Ross Perot
27.
A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.
John Henry Newman
28.
If you're willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you'll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.
Kurt Warner
29.
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
Mark Twain
30.
What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.
J. Sidlow Baxter
31.
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
Sidney Sheldon
32.
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.
Seve Ballesteros
33.
I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.
Steven Wright
34.
Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.
Henry J. Kaiser
35.
Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
Babe Ruth
36.
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.
Jim Valvano
37.
Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.
Bum Phillips
39.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
40.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
Maureen Dowd
41.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
Alexis Carrel
42.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand
Vince Lombardi
43.
If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.
Andre Agassi
45.
Each day you must choose, the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
Eric Mangini
46.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
Reggie White
47.
Nine-tenths of discipline is having the patience to do things right.
Pat Summitt
48.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Muhammad Ali
49.
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.
James A. Baldwin
50.
You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again.
Pat Riley