Best Sports Quotes

Sport has forever been a birthplace for heroes. These heroes are idolized and emulated. From Babe Ruth to Rafael Nadal, the devotion, tenacity and passion is awe inspiring. Choose one of the following quotes and make it the motto of your life. I consider these quotes among the best because they have the raw power of a turning tide and the resonance of an echo. Fuel your heart with the burning passion that ignites the fastest and the nimblest people on the planet.

• Lou Brock
  Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
  
  
• Herschel Walker
  If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
  
  
• Billie Jean King
  Champions keep playing until they get it right.
  
  
• Robert Strauss
  It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired you quit when the gorilla is tired.
  
  
• Timothy Gallwey
  The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.
  
  
• Muhammad Ali
  Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.
  
  
• Abe Lemmons
  One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.
  
  
• Sylvester Stallone
  Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.
  
  
• John F. Kennedy
  We are inclined that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it.
  
  
• Casey Stengel
  Most games are lost, not won.
  
  
• Theodore Roosevelt
  Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
  
  
• Oliver Wendell Holmes
  To brag little -- to show well -- to crow gently, if in luck -- to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man.
  
  
• Branch Rickey
  Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.
  
  
• Babe Ruth
  Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.
  
  
• Babe Ruth
  Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
  
  
• Michael Jordan
  Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
  
  
• Tiger Woods
  I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.
  
  
• Maria Sharapova
  I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.
  
  
• Andy Roddick
  Rod-dick... I had years of psychological issues with that.
  
  
• Lebron James
  There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.
  
  
• Wayne Gretzky
  You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
  
  
• Peyton Manning
  If your team is going to win, you need to play better than the other quarterback.