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Quotes About Success

Hockey is still my favourite sport. I think that might be part of what makes me successful. I don't live or die by racquetball, so I can detach from it when needed. I'm all about all sports.
~ Kane Waselenchuk
I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me.
~ Lance Armstrong
In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.
~ Louis Susman
There are always late bloomers [in sport], no matter size, although big men are more often late bloomers.
~ Michael Wilbon
Don't ask yourself what you did wrong; ask yourself what you did right.
~ John Kessel
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
~ Willie Stargell
The sport of business is the ultimate competition. It's 7 × 24 × 365 × forever.
~ Mark Cuban
Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.
~ Mark Cuban
The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years.
~ Ruud van Nistelrooy
I try to help my athletes visualize their full potential, and then get out of the way as they achieve it.
~ Pat Roberts
There is no doubt about how hard it is to stay on top in any sport, but to do it in an individual sport for the majority of your career, it is not easy.
~ Pete Sampras
It's always good to get a goal on your first shift, but this was a game it seemed everything was going in.
~ Peter Forsberg
My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life
~ Peggy Fleming
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.
~ Raelene Boyle
Even when I played sports when I was little, I played to win. Otherwise, what's the point of putting the pads on and going to practice? I don't understand.
~ Zakk Wylde
I try to focus and compete and do positive things for the sport.
~ Usain Bolt
Success has many fathers; failures have none.
~ Philip Caldwell
It is better to win ten times 1-0 than to win once 10-0.
~ Vahid Halilhodzic
I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.
~ Roger Bannister
It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.
~ Venus Williams
Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront.
~ Sachin Tendulkar
My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
~ Sasha Cohen
In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for.
~ Seth Godin
I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more.
~ Sheryl Swoopes