Inspirational Athletics Quotes & Sayings

Jealousy is the most radical primeval and naked form of admiration in war paint, so to speak. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others. — Bill Crawford

Separation before elevation. You have to let some people and things go so you can go to the next level. — Tony Gaskins

In any adversity gold can find friends. — Amelia Barr

I'd cycled through the stages of rejection - denial, anger, homicidal mania, hating Matt's stupid face, and acceptance — Tim Anderson

When you're a failure in Hollywood, that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall, with smells of filet mignon driving you crazy. — Marilyn Monroe

With some stories, you really can't rush things. And it's often best just to sit back and enjoy the journey for what it is. — Melissa Hill

What is music? Music is language. A human being wants to express ideas in this language, but not ideas that can be translated into concepts ... — Anton Webern

There are chefs who are spectacular technicians, and often their food is worth eating once or twice, but if there's no heart in it, if there's no personality in it, it's not something you want to go back for. But heart without any skill at all? All the heart in the world ain't gonna help you if you can't peel an onion, or if you don't understand how to apply heat properly. A well-done steak is a well-done steak. — Anthony Bourdain

We can choose to accept the fact that a challenge may be quite impossible, or we can choose to challenge the impossible. — Andre Bramble

Everybody's angry. They've got nothing to be angry at, so they're angry about nothing. — Doug Stanhope

I have gotten lost all of my life, maybe more than most, and been found every time. — Anne Lamott

Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him. — Graham Greene

On the £20,000 Mercedes prizes for each winner at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart- Anyone good enough to win already has one. — Michael Johnson

People aren't nice, people aren't nice, you should know that by now. — Kathleen Glasgow

One aspect of power is to bring our past-life awareness into this lifetime. The second aspect of power is to go into new fields of awareness that we have never experienced. — Frederick Lenz

No wrong in aiming or applauding the win but always agnize one's efforts. — Mohith Agadi

Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home. — Nawal El Saadawi

It is in experiencing and accepting the pain of defeat, that we may truly acknowledge the joy of victory. — Andre Bramble