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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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You must make time daily to care for your mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health.
- Lailah Gifty Akita
Think Great: Be Great!
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She's been a barrel of bitchy monkeys since Jordan and I walked out of the Arrivals gate together earlier this afternoon.
- Victoria Denault
One More Shot
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I want to eat you alive, he wanted to say. I want to sink into you and stay. God, how did this happen so fast? He was dizzy with it, with Jake's passion, his laugh, his growl, the deep brown eyes that darkened with hunger when they looked at him. Brandon shivered and wrapped his arms around Jake's neck to hold on tight.
- Abigail Roux
Caught Running
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I want something real. Something that leads to something more than sex.
- Victoria Denault
The Final Move
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But don’t you find it boring to wear only two colors?” “Not at all. I find it liberating. I believe my life has value, and I don’t want to waste it thinking about clothing,” Malcolm said. “I don’t want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports.
- Michael Crichton
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The upset is in the mind of the favorite.
- Bo Schembechler
Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership
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If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are
- Muhhamad Ali
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The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.
- Ernest Riveras Tobia
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Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast.
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Persevere with a positive attitude - Michael Jordan
- S.L. Hughson
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Basketball Rule #4

If you miss
enough of life's
free throws
you will pay
in the end.
- Kwame Alexander
The Crossover
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Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each other.
- Erin Beresini
Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing
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When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.
- Daniel Rodriguez
Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept
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'Why are you yelling at the television when you know they cannot hear you?'

'You wouldn't understand,' said Asher, his gaze locked on the screen. 'It's a human thing.'
- Rowan McBride
Paul's Dream
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Walking to the net, I'm certain that I've lost to the better man, the Everest of the next generation. I pity the young players who will have to contend with him. I feel for the man who is fated to play Agassi to his Sampras. Though I don't mention Pete by name, I have him uppermost in my mind when I tell reporters: It's real simple. Most people have weaknesses. Federer has none.
- Andre Agassi
Open
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I find it surreal, then perfectly normal. I'm struck by how fast the surreal becomes the norm. I marvel at how unexciting it is to be famous, how mundane famous people are. They're confused, uncertain, insecure, and often hate what they do. It's something we always hear - like that old adage that money can't buy happiness-but we never believe it until we see it ourselves. Seeing it in 1992 brings me a new measure of confidence.
- Andre Agassi
Open
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In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip.
- Cora Carmack
All Lined Up
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Practice hard,Train hard,work hard and Play harder.
- Alcurtis Turner
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I've been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. Now that I've won a slam, I know something that very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last as long as the bad. Not even close.
- Andre Agassi
Open
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The sports pages are men's pages, although they are not presented as such. /.../ On foreign fields, the men win their trophies, or lose their honour, doing battle on the nation's behalf. The readers, mainly men, are invited to see these male exploits in terms of the whole homeland, and, thus, men's concerns are presented as if defining the whole national honour.
The parallel between sport and warfare seems obvious...
- Michael Billig
Banal Nationalism
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Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena.
- Chris Matakas
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A ball feels different off every player's racket-there are minute but concrete subtleties of force and spin. Now, hitting with her (Steffi Graf), I feel her subtleties. It's like touching her, though we're forty feet apart. Every forehand is foreplay.
- Andre Agassi
Agassi
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This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can falter so you can succeed again. We need a rise and a fall. We need hubris and retribution and recovery.
- Will Leitch
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Sports Jerseys: To wear another man’s name on your back is a subconscious slap in the face to who you are. Don’t fantasize about being someone else. Put in the work required to rise to the level of your greatest self.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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You must make time daily to care for your mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health.
- Lailah Gifty Akita
Think Great: Be Great!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She's been a barrel of bitchy monkeys since Jordan and I walked out of the Arrivals gate together earlier this afternoon.
- Victoria Denault
One More Shot
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I want to eat you alive, he wanted to say. I want to sink into you and stay. God, how did this happen so fast? He was dizzy with it, with Jake's passion, his laugh, his growl, the deep brown eyes that darkened with hunger when they looked at him. Brandon shivered and wrapped his arms around Jake's neck to hold on tight.
- Abigail Roux
Caught Running
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I want something real. Something that leads to something more than sex.
- Victoria Denault
The Final Move
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But don’t you find it boring to wear only two colors?” “Not at all. I find it liberating. I believe my life has value, and I don’t want to waste it thinking about clothing,” Malcolm said. “I don’t want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports.
- Michael Crichton
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The upset is in the mind of the favorite.
- Bo Schembechler
Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are
- Muhhamad Ali
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The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.
- Ernest Riveras Tobia
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Persevere with a positive attitude - Michael Jordan
- S.L. Hughson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Basketball Rule #4

If you miss
enough of life's
free throws
you will pay
in the end.
- Kwame Alexander
The Crossover
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each other.
- Erin Beresini
Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.
- Daniel Rodriguez
Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Why are you yelling at the television when you know they cannot hear you?'

'You wouldn't understand,' said Asher, his gaze locked on the screen. 'It's a human thing.'
- Rowan McBride
Paul's Dream
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Walking to the net, I'm certain that I've lost to the better man, the Everest of the next generation. I pity the young players who will have to contend with him. I feel for the man who is fated to play Agassi to his Sampras. Though I don't mention Pete by name, I have him uppermost in my mind when I tell reporters: It's real simple. Most people have weaknesses. Federer has none.
- Andre Agassi
Open
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I find it surreal, then perfectly normal. I'm struck by how fast the surreal becomes the norm. I marvel at how unexciting it is to be famous, how mundane famous people are. They're confused, uncertain, insecure, and often hate what they do. It's something we always hear - like that old adage that money can't buy happiness-but we never believe it until we see it ourselves. Seeing it in 1992 brings me a new measure of confidence.
- Andre Agassi
Open
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip.
- Cora Carmack
All Lined Up
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Practice hard,Train hard,work hard and Play harder.
- Alcurtis Turner
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. Now that I've won a slam, I know something that very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last as long as the bad. Not even close.
- Andre Agassi
Open
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The sports pages are men's pages, although they are not presented as such. /.../ On foreign fields, the men win their trophies, or lose their honour, doing battle on the nation's behalf. The readers, mainly men, are invited to see these male exploits in terms of the whole homeland, and, thus, men's concerns are presented as if defining the whole national honour.
The parallel between sport and warfare seems obvious...
- Michael Billig
Banal Nationalism
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena.
- Chris Matakas
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A ball feels different off every player's racket-there are minute but concrete subtleties of force and spin. Now, hitting with her (Steffi Graf), I feel her subtleties. It's like touching her, though we're forty feet apart. Every forehand is foreplay.
- Andre Agassi
Agassi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can falter so you can succeed again. We need a rise and a fall. We need hubris and retribution and recovery.
- Will Leitch
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sports Jerseys: To wear another man’s name on your back is a subconscious slap in the face to who you are. Don’t fantasize about being someone else. Put in the work required to rise to the level of your greatest self.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You must make time daily to care for your mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health.
- Lailah Gifty Akita
Think Great: Be Great!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She's been a barrel of bitchy monkeys since Jordan and I walked out of the Arrivals gate together earlier this afternoon.
- Victoria Denault
One More Shot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I want to eat you alive, he wanted to say. I want to sink into you and stay. God, how did this happen so fast? He was dizzy with it, with Jake's passion, his laugh, his growl, the deep brown eyes that darkened with hunger when they looked at him. Brandon shivered and wrapped his arms around Jake's neck to hold on tight.
- Abigail Roux
Caught Running
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I want something real. Something that leads to something more than sex.
- Victoria Denault
The Final Move
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
But don’t you find it boring to wear only two colors?” “Not at all. I find it liberating. I believe my life has value, and I don’t want to waste it thinking about clothing,” Malcolm said. “I don’t want to think about what I will wear in the morning. Truly, can you imagine anything more boring than fashion? Professional sports, perhaps. Grown men swatting little balls, while the rest of the world pays money to applaud. But, on the whole, I find fashion even more tedious than sports.
- Michael Crichton
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The upset is in the mind of the favorite.
- Bo Schembechler
Bo's Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you want to be the best, be the best, if you are not the best, pretend you are
- Muhhamad Ali
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.
- Ernest Riveras Tobia
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Persevere with a positive attitude - Michael Jordan
- S.L. Hughson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Basketball Rule #4

If you miss
enough of life's
free throws
you will pay
in the end.
- Kwame Alexander
The Crossover
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each other.
- Erin Beresini
Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.
- Daniel Rodriguez
Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
'Why are you yelling at the television when you know they cannot hear you?'

'You wouldn't understand,' said Asher, his gaze locked on the screen. 'It's a human thing.'
- Rowan McBride
Paul's Dream
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Walking to the net, I'm certain that I've lost to the better man, the Everest of the next generation. I pity the young players who will have to contend with him. I feel for the man who is fated to play Agassi to his Sampras. Though I don't mention Pete by name, I have him uppermost in my mind when I tell reporters: It's real simple. Most people have weaknesses. Federer has none.
- Andre Agassi
Open
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I find it surreal, then perfectly normal. I'm struck by how fast the surreal becomes the norm. I marvel at how unexciting it is to be famous, how mundane famous people are. They're confused, uncertain, insecure, and often hate what they do. It's something we always hear - like that old adage that money can't buy happiness-but we never believe it until we see it ourselves. Seeing it in 1992 brings me a new measure of confidence.
- Andre Agassi
Open
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip.
- Cora Carmack
All Lined Up
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Practice hard,Train hard,work hard and Play harder.
- Alcurtis Turner
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I've been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. Now that I've won a slam, I know something that very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last as long as the bad. Not even close.
- Andre Agassi
Open
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The sports pages are men's pages, although they are not presented as such. /.../ On foreign fields, the men win their trophies, or lose their honour, doing battle on the nation's behalf. The readers, mainly men, are invited to see these male exploits in terms of the whole homeland, and, thus, men's concerns are presented as if defining the whole national honour.
The parallel between sport and warfare seems obvious...
- Michael Billig
Banal Nationalism
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Who you are as a person far outweighs what you do in an athletic arena.
- Chris Matakas
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A ball feels different off every player's racket-there are minute but concrete subtleties of force and spin. Now, hitting with her (Steffi Graf), I feel her subtleties. It's like touching her, though we're forty feet apart. Every forehand is foreplay.
- Andre Agassi
Agassi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
This is the very structure of sports journalism: deification and damnation, death and resurrection, failure and redemption. You succeed so you can falter so you can succeed again. We need a rise and a fall. We need hubris and retribution and recovery.
- Will Leitch
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sports Jerseys: To wear another man’s name on your back is a subconscious slap in the face to who you are. Don’t fantasize about being someone else. Put in the work required to rise to the level of your greatest self.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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