General Quotes

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing up. My mom and my grandmother told me how it was going to be. If I didn't like it, they said, "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out." Parents have to take better control.
-Charles Barkley

"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
-Billie Jean King

"Old medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts."
-Dan Gable

"If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot."
-Dean Smith

"Gray skies are just clouds passing over."
-Frank Gifford

"October is not only a beautiful month but marks the precious yet fleeting overlap of hockey, baseball, basketball, and football."
-Jason Love

"We are inclined that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it."
-John F. Kennedy

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day."
-Michael Jordan

"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."
-Mike Singletary

"A tough day at the office is even tougher when your office contains spectator seating."
-Nik Posa

"Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts."
-Phil Jackson

"I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul."
-Phil Jackson

"Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart."
-Phil Jackson

"Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves."
-Rita Mae Brown

"The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back."
-Steve Garvey

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle."
-Unknown

"Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit."
-Unknown

"It is not how big you are, it's how big you play."
-Unknown

"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."
-Vince Lombardi

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records."
-William Arthur Ward

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
-Michael Jordan

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
-Michael Jordan

"Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top."
-Paul Coffey

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
-Heywood Broun

"The integrity of the game is everything."
-Peter Ueberroth

"The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."
-Ernie Banks

"Winners never quit and quitters never win."
-Vince Lombardi

"Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is."
-Vince Lombardi

"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength."
-Phil Jackson

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
-Michael Phelps

"You can't win unless you learn how to lose."
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar