- Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.– William A. Ward
- It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.– Evander Holyfield
- A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.– Jack Dempsey
- It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.– Vince Lombardi
- Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.– Michael Jordan
- Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.– Arnold Palmer
- Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.– Cal Ripken Jr.
- The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.– Pele
- The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.– John Madden
- You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself, your own highest standards, and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.– Arthur Ashe
- Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.– Matt Biondi
- Champions keep playing until they get it right.– Billie Jean King
- I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.– Tom Landry
- The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.– Ken Doherty
- Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.– Ross Perot
- Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.– Frank L. Gaines
- When you’re riding, only the race in which you’re riding is important.– Bill Shoemaker
- Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.– Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.– Bruce Jenner
- The ability to conquer ones self is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows. – Olga Korbut
- A great athlete is one who has broken almost everything in his body but his spirit. – Linda Poindexter
- Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
- Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears. – Laird Hamilton
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – Lao Tzu
- The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow. – unknown
- The best protection any woman can have is courage – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Every great dream begins with a dreamer. – Harriet Tubman
- Dwell in possibility. – Emily Dickinson
- You cannot find peace by avoiding life. – Virginia Woolf
- When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have. – Evita Peron
- Be careful how you are talking to yourself because you are listening. – Lisa M. Hayes
- I’m not afraid. I was born to do this. – Joan of Arc
- The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me. – Ayn Rand
