Quotes & Sayings About Success And Failure In Sports

The burn is my girlfriend, failure is my ex. I'm married to the track and engaged to success. — Andre Bramble

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure. — Laozi

The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success. — Thomas A. Edison

Success is failure with the dirt brushed off. — Mamie McCullough

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success. — Nastia Liukin

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser! — Tiger Woods

It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. ( ... ) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France. — David Millar

There must be a bad chromosome somewhere in man that urges him to wound that which he can't conquer, deface that which is more beautiful, misunderstand and befoul the work of another. — Bill Murray

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself. — Wojciech Kurtyka

I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore. — Steve Nash

You expect success, you respect failure. — Greg Norman

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure. — Tiki Barber

I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success. — Michael Jordan

Sports can unite a group of people from different backgrounds, all working together to achieve a common goal. And even if they fall short, sharing that journey is an experience they'll never forget. It can teach some of the most fundamental and important human values: dedication, perseverance, hard work, and teamwork. It also teaches us how to handle our success and cope with our failure. So, perhaps the greatest glory of sport is that is teaches us so much about life itself. — Ahmad Rashad

Comedy was my sport. It taught me how to roll with the punches. Failure is the exact same as success when it comes to comedy because it just keeps coming. It never stops. — Emma Stone

I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, "Oh, well, there's another Saturday." The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice. — Knute Rockne