Quotes About Achievement

And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.

Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.

Gymnastics has given me everything in my life. I will continue to stay involved and try to give back to the sport that has given me so much.

It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

It was probably the biggest accomplishment of my life.

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success!

The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house.

Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.

When you stand on the victory stand, you must be able to ask yourself: 'Did I win this medal?'

The Oscars are a really strange concept to me, that films and acting can be competing against each other. We're not running the same race. It's like we're all doing different sports in fact.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports.

I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be.

I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.

I love pushing my body to the limit & seeing how far I can take it before it breaks.

Sooner or later a rider will emerge who will win more Tours. In every sport we have seen how the records eventually get broken and cycling is no exception.

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

Winners bring reality up to their vision. Losers bring their vision down to reality.

I spent six years at United and I owe them everything that I am today. I made history at United and won many trophies. It was a pleasure to play at Old Trafford.

Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.

If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.