“In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.” ThinkingIndividualSportsHealthBuddhismVictoryEgoAchievementWestDefeatAgonyThrillAthleticsIndividual Achievement Author:Frederick Lenz
“This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or it's at practice.” SportsPracticeEgoBasesMmaCages Author:Carlos Condit
“We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantGivingFirstsKindEndsPlayWholeNightGuyFunSportsChallengesPrideEgoGiving UpBeatsDefenseScoreComing OutEvery NightOffenseBack When Author:Allen Iverson
“Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.” KnowsIdeasSportsEmotionalEgoDrivenBoxingOver It Author:Mike Tyson
“When is a game more than a game? So often, we pay lip service to the uplifting power of sports, the teamwork, the camaraderie, the lessons in taming one's own ego for the sake of the group. But you have to wonder, how often is that still really true?” StillsGamesSportsPayWonderGroupsLessonsEgoSakeLipsUpliftingTeamworkOften IsCamaraderieReally TrueLip ServiceTaming Author:Michel Martin
“I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.” LooksBigsSpiritualGamesSportsChallengesMistakeFootballEgoViolentMaking MistakesCriticizeFear Of FailureBarbaric Author:Troy Polamalu
“Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!” WantHumansImportantMatterProblemSpiritSportsVoiceBasketballEgoSolutionsDeterminationMarkAdversityHardestWarriorRisingMotivational SportsHuman SpiritInspirational SportsSignaturesDeclaringMotivational Inspirational SportsGreat SportsRising UpSportsman Spirit Book:The winner within: a life plan for team players Source: The winner within: a life plan for team players
“There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.” SuccessSportsEgoGreedAthleteMotivational SportsPretenseProfessional AthletePomposity Author:Ted Simmons
“And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.” IfsMenMatterMotivationalWinningNamesSportsLossAcceptingTroubleAcceptancePrideBasketballEgoSixBallsDefeatClubsThirtyCoachingBasketball CoachingTossX Men Book:Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers Source: Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers
“That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction.” TryingBeautifulSpiritualSportsPayAttentionLessonsEgoReactionsPay AttentionBoxingMotivational SportsBeautiful Things Author:David O. Russell
“The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport” StarsSportsPlayerAchieveCommunicationSkillsEgoUltimateCommunication SkillsTeamwork Author:Walt Frazier