Quotes About Resilience

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

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

Sport doesn't build character, it shows it.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

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.

When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.

Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity.

People say it is part of the game. You win some, you lose some. But not for me.

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.

The great thing about sports is you constantly have to prove yourself. You constantly have to go out there and do it, day in and day out.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

Effort is a measure of a Man.

What really makes baseball so hard is it's retributive capacity for disaster if the smallest thing is done wrong, and the invisible presence of defeat that attends every game.

I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.

We have not yet begun to fight.

I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.

He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. Of course, there are lots of other words he doesn't know either.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

If I win several tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

The strongest and most dangerous enemy you will ever face is a negative attitude. Learn to recognize when it is trying to invade your body and mind, then simply refuse it entry.