Inspirational Sports Quotes:

Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.

- Barry Humphries

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Pursuit

In hindsight everything is much clearer.

- Bart Cummings

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Hindsight

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

- Bill Veeck

source: "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Softball, Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational Baseball

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

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Blokes

I had to put it on the line, but it was my Tour to win and mine to lose.

- Cadel Evans

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Winning

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

- Cristiano Ronaldo

topic: Sports, Football, Inspirational Sports, Soccer Is My Life

I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.

- Cristiano Ronaldo

topic: Soccer, Dream, Inspirational Sports, Inspirational Soccer, Motivational Soccer

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

- Cristiano Ronaldo

source: "He's got the world at his feet" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2008.

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Shows

If we can't help our family, who are we going to help?

- Cristiano Ronaldo

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Helping

I'm aware that, whatever the circumstances, there will always be speculation about me.

- Cristiano Ronaldo

topic: Inspirational, Inspirational Sports, Circumstances

Sent off, carried off, but never backed off.

- David Dunworth

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports

I've worked hard all my life.

- Dawn Fraser

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

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Inspirational Life

If you're good at it, you can win.

- Dawn Fraser

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

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Winning

In war there is no substitute for victory.

- Douglas MacArthur

topic: Memorial Day, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

- Earl Monroe

topic: Inspirational Sports, Games, Patient

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

- Gabby Douglas

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Champion, Olympic Medals, Champions Are Made

If you cut corners you just keep on going in circles.

- Grant Stoelwinder

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Cutting

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

- Herb Elliott

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Spiritual, Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Olympic Games, Olympics Games

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.

- Jim Abbott

source: jimabbott.net.

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Heart

I love winning and any team I'm on, I expect to win.

- Landon Donovan

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Team, Love Winning

I'm just me - the way I am.

- Louise Sauvage

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Way

I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.

- Marion Jones

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Track

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Success, Basketball, Inspirational Sports

I always thought records were there to be broken.

- Michael Schumacher

source: "Michael Schumacher 'pretty happy' if Sebastian Vettel breaks records" by Andrew Benson, www.bbc.com. September 4, 2013.

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Broken

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

- Mike Tyson

topic: Dream, Inspirational Sports, Stars, Handful, Reaching For The Stars

Let the smokers and the gluttons die... and leave the living to us who know how to use it.

- Percy Cerutty

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Use

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

- Richie Benaud

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational Sports, Humanity, Grass, Commentators

In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over.

- Richie Benaud

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Facts, Bowlers

You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.

- Sammy Sosa

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Years

I'm a competitive person and I love the challenge of mastering new things.

- Sasha Cohen

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Challenges, Competitive Person

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

- Steffi Graf

topic: Inspirational Sports, Thinking, Arrogance

You've got to have dreams to keep you going.

- Steve Waugh

topic: Sports, Dream, Inspirational Sports

I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.

- Steve Waugh

topic: Inspirational Sports, Airports, Waiting

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

- Ty Cobb

topic: Inspirational Sports, Fire, Losing, Second Place

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

- William James

topic: Running, Perseverance, Inspirational Sports, Marathon Runners, Marathon Running

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

- Willie Mays

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Balls, Batting, Baseball Pitching

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

- Yogi Berra

source: Twitter post from Jun 21, 2017

topic: Motivational, Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Famous Baseball, Funny Baseball

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

- Reggie Jackson

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Let Me

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

- Madonna Ciccone

topic: Success, Inspirational Sports, Firsts, Past Failures, Failure Motivational

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Football, Inspirational Sports, Determination, Inspirational Winning, Motivation And Determination

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

- Andre Agassi

source: Twitter post from Jun 12, 2015

topic: Inspirational Sports, Courage, Bravery, Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway

Rest if you must, but never quit.

- John Greenleaf Whittier

topic: Inspirational Sports, Never Quit, Inspirational Athlete, Inspiring Athlete, Short Motivational Sports

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

- Bob Hope

topic: Funny, Hope, Inspirational Sports, Humorous Golf, Golf Ball

Losing's a great motivator.

- Yogi Berra

topic: Sports, Inspirational Sports, Losing