Quotes About Character

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.

Running reminded me exactly who I am and what I am made of.

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.

Sports teaches you very important lessons that are many and varied. It's probably the closest thing to the lessons we learned in fighting and warfare, about loyalty and growing up.

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

If you lose your integrity, you've lost everything.