SPORTSMANSHIP QUOTES

"A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are."
       -Ara Parashegian

"Its not important how much time you have on earth, but what you do with the time that matters."

    -Dr. Michael Steward Sr.

"In the end, it’s extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don’t win, how can you lose?"
       -Jesse Owens

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."
       -Abraham Lincoln

"Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results."
       -Unknown

"The purpose of any athletic endeavor is to challenge human limits both on and off the playing field."
       -Unknown

"You win some, you lose some, but you always try again."
       -Unknown

"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."
       -Mike Singletary

"The higher the goal, the harder the climb, but taken each day, one step at a time. The goal is accomplished, the dream is attained, and the prizes? The wisdom and strength that are gained."
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"The most important decision I ever made in my career was to live my life in sports as honestly and ethically as possible. Never having compromised my values allows me to look back on my life with no regrets and feel satisfaction in what I was able to accomplish."
      -Greg LeMond

"The Spirit of Sports: The spirit of sports gives each of us who participate an opportunity to be creative. Sports knows no sex, age, race or religion. Sports gives us all the ability to test ourselves mentally, physically and emotionally in a way no other aspect of life can. For many of us who struggle with 'fitting in' or our identity - sports gives us our first face of confidence. That first bit of confidence can be a gateway to many other great things!"
      -Dan O'Brien

"The most important lesson I've learned from sports is how to be not only a gracious winner, but a good loser as well. Not everyone wins all the time, as a matter of fact, no one wins all the time. Winning is the easy part, losing is really tough. But, you learn more from one loss than you do from a million wins. You learn a lot about sportsmanship. I mean, it's really tough to shake the hand of someone who just beat you, and it's even harder to do it with a smile. If you can learn to do this and push through that pain, you will remember what that moment is like the next time you win and have a better sense of how those competitors around you feel. This experience will teach you a lot on and off the field!"
       -Amy Van Dyken

"The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure. 1) Can people trust me to do what's right? 2) Am I committed to doing my best? 3) Do I care about other people and show it? If the answers to these questions are yes, there is no way you can fail."
      -Lou Holtz

"Victory is in the quality of competition, not the final score."
       -Mike Marshall

"You never get a second chance to make a good first impression."
      -Unknown

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
       -Robert F. Kennedy

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have late minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
-Muhammed Ali

"Good coaches teach respect for the opposition, love of competition, the value of trying your best, and how to win and lose graciously."
       -Brooks Clark

"T.E.A.M. stands for T.ogether E.veryone A.chieves M.ore."
       -Unknown

"Some people dream of success while others wake up and achieve it."
       -Unknown

"Gold medals don't make champions...hard work does."
      -Unknown

"The will to win is not worth a nickel unless you have the will to practice."
       -Unknown

"The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."
      -Unknown

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising each and every time we fail."
      -Confucius

"Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you."
      -A.J. Kitt

"We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try."
      -Tom Clancy

"One man practicing good sportsmanship is far better than 50 others preaching it."
       -Knute K. Rockne

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
       -Japanese Proverb

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
      -Anonymous

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
       -Mother Teresa

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
       -Sun Tzu

"Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!"
       -Pat Riley