Quotes by Sports Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves. Al Oerter softball meaningful sports I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. Al Oerter inspirational sports funny So what if I never win my fifth gold medal; It's only one end of the string. It's competing that matters. It's proving that there is a place for guys like me in sports. It's a persona challenge to extend myself. Al Oerter leadership winning sports Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you. Al Smith simple sports believe I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh. Alain de Botton real sports school When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race. Alain Prost winning sports thinking So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race. Alain Prost careers race sports I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn't understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians. Alain Prost drivers squash sports Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. Alan Armstrong athlete running sports When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys over there. And me and the fat kids over here. Those kids were fat! One girl had to be cut out a hula hoop. Alan Carr girl sports funny True champions are team players. Alan Cohen team success sports We learn early on that, in order to be a winner, you have to believe in yourself. You have to have the confidence to make things happen. And you have to have personal pride. Alan Cohen success sports believe Every day the word 'gift' is used to define talent, ability, and performance. Being gifted has an even deeper meaning, a meaning that isn't always measured in points per game or win/loss records - it's measured by heart, effort, and desire. Alan Cohen success heart sports In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put the government on trial for its misconduct. In law, as in sports, the best defense is often a good offense. The courtroom oath - to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth - is applicable only to witnesses... because the American justice system is built on a foundation of not telling the whole entire truth. Alan Dershowitz government law sports Blood is drawn! I am impressed-though my hell-spawned powers will heal it! Besides... next to giving pain my favourite sport's to feel it. Alan Grant pain sports blood Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and ancestors back down the line. - From The Brooklyn Nine Alan Gratz daughter baseball sports Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures. Alan Hirsch adventure sports lying My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating. Alan King bed sports way I'm opposed to any sport that reduces the coefficient of friction between me and the ground. Alan Kotok friction sports It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991 Alan Kulwicki sunday sports night «1234567891011»