When no one else believes in you, believe in yourself.-

Gilbert Arenas (NBA All-Star)

You will go through tough times, it’s about coming through them.-

David Beckham (Team Captain of English Soccer team 2000-2006)

People putting you down can drive you to do things you didn’t even know you could do yourself.-

Allyson Felix (200 M Sprinter World Campion)

Push yourself farther and you’ll find what you’re really made of.-

Josmer Altidor (MLS 17-yr-old player)

You’ve got to start somewhere, and you’ve got to finish somewhere, and you have to stay focused doing it.-

Jeremy Wariner (400 M Sprinter Gold Medalist)

People ask me why did I start to run, I tell them, why would I stop?-

Jeremy Wariner (400 M Sprinter Gold Medalist)

Sometimes bad things can turn out great.-

Lionel Messi (Soccer World Cup Champion)

You can always go further, you just have to find out what gives you an extra push.-

Kathryn Smolen (Boston Marathon Runner)

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.-

Haywood Hale Broun

A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it.-

Cool Runnings Movie

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.-

Muhammad Ali, (American Boxer)

Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.-

Roger Bannister (After becoming the first person to break the four-minute mile, 1952)

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

Carl Lewis (Olympic 5000 M Runner)

If at first you don’t succeed, you are running about average.-
M.H. Alderson

Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.-
-Lou Brock

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.-
-Archie Griffen, two-time Heisman winner ( 5’9”)

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.-
-Joe Paterno

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.-
-John Wooden

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.-
-John Wooden

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.-
-Ronnie Lott

Practice doesn’t make perfect, Perfect practice makes perfect.-

-Clint Dominick

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.-
-Thomas Jefferson (president of the US)

If you don’t do what’s best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end. -
-Julius Erving (NBA hall-of-famer)

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.-
Jim Rohn

Effort is a measure of a Man.-
William James

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.-
Wayne Gretzky (NHL legend)

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-
General George Patton

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Michael Jordan (NBA Legend)

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.-
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (NBA Legend)

Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative.-
Dan Frisby

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.-

Bobby Knight (Texas Tech Basketball Coach)

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.-

Earvin “Magic” Johnson (NBA Legend)

I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.-

LeBron James (NBA All-Star)