Quotes About Excellence

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.

When you're in professional sports, winning is the only thing that matters.

Winning isn't everything, but striving to win is.

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

I've pretty much gotten to the top of my sport.

There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.

First we become the best, then we'll become first.

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty.

Karch inspired his partners, his opponents and the world of volleyball players to be better than they were, to be great... In the end, who could do more for a sport than that?

I think so highly of people who love their sport and make a really strong commitment to it.

Whether you want to be the best at your job, or at sports, just do your best. Give it everything you have.

If you make it into an Olympic team, you're good; if you make it into an Olympic final, you're great; and if you win an Olympic medal you're a freak.

Don't wait to be a great man; be a great boy!

I try to focus and compete and do positive things for the sport.

I want a life of good sport, good people and the competition that goes with it.

I think racing is a sport that either your in or your out. Its either you are with the pack or you are off the pack.

First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second, always place the highest demands of yourself in the sport.

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. Hes the best Ive ever seen.

Let us celebrate the spirit of sport through the National Games

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.

Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and ought to be a hero.