Quotes Tagged With :sportsman

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else.....

Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track....

Be fair. Play hard.

It's because you absolutely love the sport.

To the consummate competitor, winning is not the same as beating your opponents. Winning is playing to....

On athleticism, God knows no favor. It seems rather he is in the business of teaching winners how to....

What distinguishes a true competitor from a mere participant is that the competitor derives enjoyment....

Tennis taught me to take chances, to take life as it comes. To hit every ball that comes to me no matter....

The finest of athletes have, along with skill, a few more essential qualities: to conduct their life....

How you harangue referees. How you fall over when you've not been touched. How you make a meal out of....