Quotes About Sacrifice

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art.

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I just made up my mind that I was going to lose my teeth and have my face cut to pieces.

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

And once you cross over into that world, no matter how strong you are, you have to pay the price.

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science.

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.

I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.