Quotes About Achievement

It takes courage to dream big and then to allow nothing to prevent you from realizing that dream.

Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that and is great in whatever they do off the track or off the court.

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.

I wasn't born a world champion. I just worked really hard to become one.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

And here's Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.

This is a hump you have to get over, and it usually comes in the first series. You get over the hump and you're on a roll.

I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.

Winning to often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, the falling off of the public's enthusiasm.

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.

I came out to beat everybody in sight, and that's just what I'm going to do.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

I fight for perfection

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one

It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

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.

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.