"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play." - Mike Singletary
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball." - Bobby Knight
"The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals. I play not my 11 best, but my best 11." - Knute Rockne (College Football Hall of Fame Coach)
"The secret of winning football games is working more as a team, less as individuals. I play not my 11 best, but my best 11." - Knute Rockne (College Football Hall of Fame Coach)
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -George Herman “Babe” Ruth
"If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win." - Vince Lombardi
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." - Vernon Law (Former Pirates pitcher)
"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter." - Dan Reeves (Former NFL athlete and head coach)
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe." -Muhammad Ali
“To succeed…You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” - Tony Dorsett
“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
“The best motivation always comes from within.” - Michael Johnson (Gold Medal Sprinter)
"Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think." - Ted Williams
"Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else." -Brooks Robinson
"I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime." - Honus Wagner
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." - Lou Gehrig
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Ricky Henderson
"That space between the white lines, that's my office. That's where I conduct my business." - Early Wynn
"I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way." - Joe DiMaggio
"You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you." - Roy Campanella
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." -Rogers Hornsby
"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive." - Roberto Clemente
"Fans don't boo nobodies." -Reggie Jackson
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing: Nobody wants to quit when you're ahead." -Jackie Robinson
"I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected -Jackie Robinson
"When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better" -Joe Torre
"Well, baseball was my whole life. Nothing's ever been as fun as baseball." - Mickey Mantle
"Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you." - Babe Ruth
"Baseball is, I think, the greatest game in the world." - Babe Ruth <!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" /-->
"Baseball is, I think, the greatest game in the world." - Babe Ruth
“If you're not having fun in baseball, you miss the point of everything.” -Chris Chambliss
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby
“Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team.” -Rocky Bridges
“Nobody ever said, "Work ball!" They say, "Play ball!" To me, that means having fun.” –Willie Stargell
"When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time." - Carl Yastrzemski<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" /-->
"When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time." - Carl Yastrzemski
"Baseball is 50% from the neck up" - Ted Williams<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" /-->
Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man ever come to perfection. - Red Smith
There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. - Bill Veeck
“Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.” –Babe Ruth
"If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer." –Willie Mays
"If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer." –Willie Mays
“You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possible be – in baseball and in life.” –Pete Rose
"Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think." - Ted Williams
"I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime." - Honus Wagner
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Ricky Henderson
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." - Ted Williams
"Fans don't boo nobodies." -Reggie Jackson
"Love the game of baseball and baseball will love you." - Babe Ruth
I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don’t think about it is when I’m playing it.” - Carl Yastrzemski
“No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.” ― Tommy Lasorda
“Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” ― Leo Durocher
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ― Babe Ruth
“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.” ― Knute Rockne
“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” ― Gordie Howe
“Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.” ― Phil Jackson
“You don't just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again.” ― Mia Hamm
“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.” ― Wilt Chamberlain
“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” ― Muhammed Ali
“It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.” ― Hank Aaron
“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? ” ― Jim Bouton
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” ― Wayne Gretzky
“football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. ” ― Kobe Bryant
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ” ― William Arthur Ward
“Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.” ― Michael Jordan
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game” ― Babe Ruth
“I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.” ― Rodney Dangerfield
“I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.” ― Michael Jordan
“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.” ― Dave Barry
It ain't over 'til it's over.” ― Yogi Berra
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ― Babe Ruth
“Winning isn't everything--but wanting to win is.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.” ― Dave Barry
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ― Babe Ruth
Most games are lost, not won. - Casey Stengal
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. - Satchel Paige
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play. - Mike Singletary
Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. - Phil Jackson
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks. - Joe Paterno
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging - Hank Aaron
Set your goals high, and dont stop till you get there. - Bo Jackson
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. - Wayne Gretzky
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. -John Wooden
When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass. - Bobby Knight
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
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. - Tommy Lasorda
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
The game isn't over till it's over. - Yogi Berra
There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or youre OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between. - Pat Riley
Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal. - Vince Lombardi
It's not the disability that defines you; its how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. We have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability. - Jim Abbott
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. - Pele
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. - Ted Williams
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.- Steve Young
Fans don't boo nobodies. - Reggie Jackson
You can always become better. - Tiger Woods
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. - Paul Bryant
Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? ” ― Dave Barry
“Winning is a habit. Unfortunately so is losing.” ― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.” ― Rodney Dangerfield
If you even dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologize. – Muhammad Ali
“The score never interested me, only the game.” ― Mae West
One man cannot make a team. - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Prepare for every game like you just lost your last one. - Lon Kruger
Champions keep playing until they get it right. - Billie Jean King
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. - Michael Jordan
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost. - Martina Navratilova
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can - Vince Lombardi
f you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals. - Lou Holtz
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. - Michael Jordan
In this life, you don't have to prove nothin' to nobody but yourself. - "Rudy"
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it & staying with that plan. - Tom Landry
Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is having money & fame, but excellence is being the best you can be - Mike Ditka
Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. - Author Unknown
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. - Vince Lombardi
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
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best. - Tim Duncan