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Sports have a unique power to inspire, challenge, and unite people across cultures and generations. The words of athletes, coaches, and thinkers often capture the dedication, resilience, and passion that define competition. The following quotes reflect the spirit of sports and the lessons they teach both on and off the field.    ◀ Back
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Other studies reveal that when we
wear black, aggression increases...and that
feels powerful. Researchers examined the
statistics of more than 52,000 National Hockey League games and discovered that teams were penalized 10.2% more for aggression when wearing their black uniforms.

In hockey, teams usually have two colors of jerseys and switch them for home and away games. When the teams wore a different color other than black, their penalties dropped overall.
- Cary G. Weldy
The Power of Tattoos: Twelve Hidden Energy Secrets of Body Art Every Tattoo Enthusiast Should Know
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Just as a ball may slip through your fingers, don't let a thought slip through your mind.
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The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves
- Boris Becker
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What do people really believe in anymore apart from sports and music?
- Richard Ashcroft
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There's always something in a first kiss. The first hint if you fit together. The initial inkling whether his style of kissing is one that makes your stomach flutter, your core ache and causes your hands to fist his shirt. That immediate knowledge that you want to do this again or that you need to walk away and never look back.
- K. Bromberg
Hard to Hold
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I floated away into that omnipresent timelessness of baseball, where boys with a dream and long-expired Major Leaguers orbit forever on equal planes.
- Greg Larson
Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
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The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey
- Aaron William Benjamin
Benjamin: The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey
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It's a deeply entrenched process that nobody really wants to change because all the major players, except athletes, have a stake in the monetary gain. Everyone bends to the will of the brand, and only accepts the check they can receive from the brand, instead of holistically solving the problems and thinking about what is best for each individual.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
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The biggest benefit of being humble is that you're comfortable with yourself, and you aren't putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. By being humble, you're accepting yourself and realizing you're flawed, but you're also great.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
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The legacy I want to leave you with is that no matter who you are, what you have been doing, or where you would like to go, if you look at a situation from a problem-solving approach and put others first, you'll succeed at whatever you aspire to do.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
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No team had played a tougher schedule, or played more entertaining ball, or traveled more, and it was about this time that newspapers started calling Carlisle ‘Nomads of the Gridiron.
- Steve Shenkin
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You will be exceptional only few times, but you can be excellent all the times.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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Dance like you love to dance.
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[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win.
- Abby Wambach
WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
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Fast as the wind, we skidded right by,
so fast that it seemed like
we had wings to fly!
The houses, the people, the park and the trees
flashed by in seconds
in the snowy breeze!
From the winter poem, Buddy and Me.
- Suzy Davies
Celebrate The Seasons
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Some secrets are bigger than others. As we skate around the rink, every one of us Falcons is thinking about what secrets we hope never makes the ice.
- Leah Rooper
Just One of the Royals
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One of my favorite routines for keeping my rear in good form is to sit down on the floor and 'walk' across it on my buttocks, holding my arms out straight in front for balance, and then 'walk' back again, backwards.
[...]
For more hip improvement - and the waist, too - I lie on my back with my elbows on the floor at my sides. With my legs straight out I make my knees touch the floor on either side, keeping my shoulders and elbows firmly on the floor.
Then I stretch my arms out to the sides, I raise my knees as far as I can and bring them over my left shoulder to my left elbow, and then back and over to touch my right elbow. [...] When you succeeded in touching your elbows with your knees, then try to touch the floor.
- Joan Crawford
My Way of Life
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My opinion is that a school with no playground isn't a school at all.
- Mohith Agadi
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Daca sportul e bun si la altceva decat la ficat, inima si circulatie, atunci e ca sa uneasca pentru o pauza, sa creeze emotia aia care ne reaminteste ca suntem oameni, ca putem rade si plange de tristete sau de bucurie.
- Tibi Ușeriu
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There are no thoughts as my glove comes up to my chest and my leg pivots out. Not a single thought as the white blur of leather leaves the bat and makes contact with my face. No thoughts as I hit the ground...
- Jessica Penningtonington
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Jason Gesser has a historic and successful football programs and has enriched his college career by the leading, Cougars to two 10 win seasons that included a trip to the Rose Bowl. Jason Gesser also had a victory in the Sun Bowl. He is basically a perfect fit for the people. And the best part is that Jason Gesser considers WSU, a perfect fit for himself. Now he has a new role as an assistant director of the development team with the Cougar Athletic Fund.
- Jason Gesser
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Jason always wanted to the director and since he had the athletic background, the coaching background, the willingness to learn, Jason Gesser thought of growing his business and this helped him a lot towards his business. His programs has been the top most in the country and many people have benefited because of them.
- Jason
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Remember what John Carlos said: “There is no partial commitment to justice. You are either in or you’re out.” Trust me: if you’re willing to be uncomfortable, you will also feel blessed, if you can see it through and make it to the other side.
- Michael Bennett
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
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Sports creates complicated men, proud enough to refuse to admit their mistakes, but humble enough always to put their team first.
- Fredrik Backman
Beartown
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Other studies reveal that when we
wear black, aggression increases...and that
feels powerful. Researchers examined the
statistics of more than 52,000 National Hockey League games and discovered that teams were penalized 10.2% more for aggression when wearing their black uniforms.

In hockey, teams usually have two colors of jerseys and switch them for home and away games. When the teams wore a different color other than black, their penalties dropped overall.
- Cary G. Weldy
The Power of Tattoos: Twelve Hidden Energy Secrets of Body Art Every Tattoo Enthusiast Should Know
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Just as a ball may slip through your fingers, don't let a thought slip through your mind.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves
- Boris Becker
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What do people really believe in anymore apart from sports and music?
- Richard Ashcroft
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There's always something in a first kiss. The first hint if you fit together. The initial inkling whether his style of kissing is one that makes your stomach flutter, your core ache and causes your hands to fist his shirt. That immediate knowledge that you want to do this again or that you need to walk away and never look back.
- K. Bromberg
Hard to Hold
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I floated away into that omnipresent timelessness of baseball, where boys with a dream and long-expired Major Leaguers orbit forever on equal planes.
- Greg Larson
Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey
- Aaron William Benjamin
Benjamin: The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's a deeply entrenched process that nobody really wants to change because all the major players, except athletes, have a stake in the monetary gain. Everyone bends to the will of the brand, and only accepts the check they can receive from the brand, instead of holistically solving the problems and thinking about what is best for each individual.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The biggest benefit of being humble is that you're comfortable with yourself, and you aren't putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. By being humble, you're accepting yourself and realizing you're flawed, but you're also great.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The legacy I want to leave you with is that no matter who you are, what you have been doing, or where you would like to go, if you look at a situation from a problem-solving approach and put others first, you'll succeed at whatever you aspire to do.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No team had played a tougher schedule, or played more entertaining ball, or traveled more, and it was about this time that newspapers started calling Carlisle ‘Nomads of the Gridiron.
- Steve Shenkin
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You will be exceptional only few times, but you can be excellent all the times.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Dance like you love to dance.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win.
- Abby Wambach
WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Fast as the wind, we skidded right by,
so fast that it seemed like
we had wings to fly!
The houses, the people, the park and the trees
flashed by in seconds
in the snowy breeze!
From the winter poem, Buddy and Me.
- Suzy Davies
Celebrate The Seasons
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Some secrets are bigger than others. As we skate around the rink, every one of us Falcons is thinking about what secrets we hope never makes the ice.
- Leah Rooper
Just One of the Royals
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One of my favorite routines for keeping my rear in good form is to sit down on the floor and 'walk' across it on my buttocks, holding my arms out straight in front for balance, and then 'walk' back again, backwards.
[...]
For more hip improvement - and the waist, too - I lie on my back with my elbows on the floor at my sides. With my legs straight out I make my knees touch the floor on either side, keeping my shoulders and elbows firmly on the floor.
Then I stretch my arms out to the sides, I raise my knees as far as I can and bring them over my left shoulder to my left elbow, and then back and over to touch my right elbow. [...] When you succeeded in touching your elbows with your knees, then try to touch the floor.
- Joan Crawford
My Way of Life
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My opinion is that a school with no playground isn't a school at all.
- Mohith Agadi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Daca sportul e bun si la altceva decat la ficat, inima si circulatie, atunci e ca sa uneasca pentru o pauza, sa creeze emotia aia care ne reaminteste ca suntem oameni, ca putem rade si plange de tristete sau de bucurie.
- Tibi Ușeriu
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There are no thoughts as my glove comes up to my chest and my leg pivots out. Not a single thought as the white blur of leather leaves the bat and makes contact with my face. No thoughts as I hit the ground...
- Jessica Penningtonington
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Jason Gesser has a historic and successful football programs and has enriched his college career by the leading, Cougars to two 10 win seasons that included a trip to the Rose Bowl. Jason Gesser also had a victory in the Sun Bowl. He is basically a perfect fit for the people. And the best part is that Jason Gesser considers WSU, a perfect fit for himself. Now he has a new role as an assistant director of the development team with the Cougar Athletic Fund.
- Jason Gesser
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Jason always wanted to the director and since he had the athletic background, the coaching background, the willingness to learn, Jason Gesser thought of growing his business and this helped him a lot towards his business. His programs has been the top most in the country and many people have benefited because of them.
- Jason
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Remember what John Carlos said: “There is no partial commitment to justice. You are either in or you’re out.” Trust me: if you’re willing to be uncomfortable, you will also feel blessed, if you can see it through and make it to the other side.
- Michael Bennett
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sports creates complicated men, proud enough to refuse to admit their mistakes, but humble enough always to put their team first.
- Fredrik Backman
Beartown
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Other studies reveal that when we
wear black, aggression increases...and that
feels powerful. Researchers examined the
statistics of more than 52,000 National Hockey League games and discovered that teams were penalized 10.2% more for aggression when wearing their black uniforms.

In hockey, teams usually have two colors of jerseys and switch them for home and away games. When the teams wore a different color other than black, their penalties dropped overall.
- Cary G. Weldy
The Power of Tattoos: Twelve Hidden Energy Secrets of Body Art Every Tattoo Enthusiast Should Know
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Just as a ball may slip through your fingers, don't let a thought slip through your mind.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves
- Boris Becker
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What do people really believe in anymore apart from sports and music?
- Richard Ashcroft
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There's always something in a first kiss. The first hint if you fit together. The initial inkling whether his style of kissing is one that makes your stomach flutter, your core ache and causes your hands to fist his shirt. That immediate knowledge that you want to do this again or that you need to walk away and never look back.
- K. Bromberg
Hard to Hold
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I floated away into that omnipresent timelessness of baseball, where boys with a dream and long-expired Major Leaguers orbit forever on equal planes.
- Greg Larson
Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey
- Aaron William Benjamin
Benjamin: The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's a deeply entrenched process that nobody really wants to change because all the major players, except athletes, have a stake in the monetary gain. Everyone bends to the will of the brand, and only accepts the check they can receive from the brand, instead of holistically solving the problems and thinking about what is best for each individual.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The biggest benefit of being humble is that you're comfortable with yourself, and you aren't putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. By being humble, you're accepting yourself and realizing you're flawed, but you're also great.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The legacy I want to leave you with is that no matter who you are, what you have been doing, or where you would like to go, if you look at a situation from a problem-solving approach and put others first, you'll succeed at whatever you aspire to do.
- Michael McGinnis
GPS Guide for Athletes and Those Who Surround Them: How to Empower Your Sports Goals, Navigate the Process, and Steer Toward Success
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No team had played a tougher schedule, or played more entertaining ball, or traveled more, and it was about this time that newspapers started calling Carlisle ‘Nomads of the Gridiron.
- Steve Shenkin
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You will be exceptional only few times, but you can be excellent all the times.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Dance like you love to dance.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win.
- Abby Wambach
WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Fast as the wind, we skidded right by,
so fast that it seemed like
we had wings to fly!
The houses, the people, the park and the trees
flashed by in seconds
in the snowy breeze!
From the winter poem, Buddy and Me.
- Suzy Davies
Celebrate The Seasons
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Some secrets are bigger than others. As we skate around the rink, every one of us Falcons is thinking about what secrets we hope never makes the ice.
- Leah Rooper
Just One of the Royals
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One of my favorite routines for keeping my rear in good form is to sit down on the floor and 'walk' across it on my buttocks, holding my arms out straight in front for balance, and then 'walk' back again, backwards.
[...]
For more hip improvement - and the waist, too - I lie on my back with my elbows on the floor at my sides. With my legs straight out I make my knees touch the floor on either side, keeping my shoulders and elbows firmly on the floor.
Then I stretch my arms out to the sides, I raise my knees as far as I can and bring them over my left shoulder to my left elbow, and then back and over to touch my right elbow. [...] When you succeeded in touching your elbows with your knees, then try to touch the floor.
- Joan Crawford
My Way of Life
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My opinion is that a school with no playground isn't a school at all.
- Mohith Agadi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Daca sportul e bun si la altceva decat la ficat, inima si circulatie, atunci e ca sa uneasca pentru o pauza, sa creeze emotia aia care ne reaminteste ca suntem oameni, ca putem rade si plange de tristete sau de bucurie.
- Tibi Ușeriu
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There are no thoughts as my glove comes up to my chest and my leg pivots out. Not a single thought as the white blur of leather leaves the bat and makes contact with my face. No thoughts as I hit the ground...
- Jessica Penningtonington
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Jason Gesser has a historic and successful football programs and has enriched his college career by the leading, Cougars to two 10 win seasons that included a trip to the Rose Bowl. Jason Gesser also had a victory in the Sun Bowl. He is basically a perfect fit for the people. And the best part is that Jason Gesser considers WSU, a perfect fit for himself. Now he has a new role as an assistant director of the development team with the Cougar Athletic Fund.
- Jason Gesser
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Jason always wanted to the director and since he had the athletic background, the coaching background, the willingness to learn, Jason Gesser thought of growing his business and this helped him a lot towards his business. His programs has been the top most in the country and many people have benefited because of them.
- Jason
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Remember what John Carlos said: “There is no partial commitment to justice. You are either in or you’re out.” Trust me: if you’re willing to be uncomfortable, you will also feel blessed, if you can see it through and make it to the other side.
- Michael Bennett
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sports creates complicated men, proud enough to refuse to admit their mistakes, but humble enough always to put their team first.
- Fredrik Backman
Beartown
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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