Great Quotes About Sports

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If you enjoy sports, you will love to read these quotes by famous sportsmen. These quotes enlighten us about all aspects of sports like winning, losing, and sportsmanship.

What is a sport without a tough competition? And with competition comes winning and the desire and determination to succeed. Sports is that one activity in the world that fascinates people of all age groups, in all parts of the world. Many successful sportsmen have expressed their thoughts on playing and winning. Here is a compilation of these famous quotes.

Famous Sports Quotes of All Time

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. ― Muhammad Ali Champions keep playing until they get it right. ― Billie Jean King Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ― Vince Lombardi

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get too confident! ― Nancy Kerrigan

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus. ― Carl Lewis Sports Do Not Build Character...They Reveal It. ― John Wooden I'll let the racket do the talking. ― John McEnroe

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. ― Vince Lombardi

The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind. ― Brian Sipe Most people achieved their greatest success one step beyond what looked like their greatest failure. ― Brian Tracy

Quotes About Winning

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost. ― Martina Navratilova The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. ― Joe Paterno

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. ― Althea Gibson

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. ― Richard M. Nixon The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. ― Vince Lombardi

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged. ― Spiro T. Agnew

Quotes About Losing

Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records. ― William A. Ward Don't give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the second half. ― Paul Bryant If you can't accept losing, you can't win. ― Vince Lombardi

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ― Donald Trump

If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot. ― Dean Smith The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ― Robert G. Ingersoll Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best. ― Jim Palmer

Quotes and sayings by wise men always inspire and motivate the readers. So if you feel low after a game, read these quotes for motivation and continue with your hard work. Good luck!