“If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport.” IfsWorldEndsAsksWinningIndividualSportsAchieveMajorsCupsAsk MeRememberedThe End Of The DayChampionship Author:Rory McIlroy
“If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.” PeopleIfsWayRealHardGuyGamesWinningSportsAchieveWorstHard WorkDeservePrejudiceReal LifeWorst ThingsInertiaBeing PlayedWhat You Deserve Author:Daley Thompson
“A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor.” HumansGrowsSportsLossAbilityAchieveExcellenceMotivational SportsEndeavorRefinedLearning From Failure Author:Terry Orlick
“It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of his instrument with an internal sense of rightness - it is not merely mechanical, it is not only spiritual; it is something of both, on a different plane and a more remote one.” MindDifferentStatesSpiritualSportsAchieveMusicianPerformancesInstrumentsPlanesInternalsMotivational SportsGreat MusicGreat MusicianGreat Performance Author:Arnold Palmer
“From sports the greatest thing I've learned is discipline achieves goals.” SportsGoalAchieveDisciplineI've LearnedMmaThings I've LearnedAchieving Goals Author:Desmond Green
“That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.” IfsWantHas BeensEnoughSportsAchievePoorest Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.” HelpingSportsChanceAchieveEventsPolicyContinentsSporting Events Author:Richard Attias
“Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsGamesFunSportsWhiteRichSacrificeAchieveFolksBe GoodTennisWorthwhileRich People Author:Arthur Ashe
“I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.” SportsAchieveStriveLastingWorthwhileHypnosisLasting Love Author:Arthur Ashe
“I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports.” ThinkingWayWellsHardThreeSportsResultsDealsTalkingWrittenAchieveTrainingPressureMy WayOlympicsToilThree Times Author:Vijender Singh
“Some people are so talented and yet they don't even know it. There are so many different aspects to sport and how you can get involved. You might surprise yourself with what you can achieve, so give it go and see what you can do!” PeopleKnowsGivingDifferentMightSportsCan DoAchieveInvolvedAspectSurpriseGet Involved Author:Jazmin Carlin
“I try to find more education in the sport while helping people who are trying to be better at whatever they are trying to achieve. That is probably the thing I love most about coaching.” PeopleTryingHelpingSportsAchieveCoachingHelping PeopleThings I Love Author:Robin Farina
“The mind is absolutely instrumental in achieving results, even for athletes. Sports psychology is a very small part, but it's extremely important when you're winning and losing races by hundredths and even thousandths of a second.” MindImportantWinningSportsResultsRacePsychologyAchieveLosingAthleteSmall PartsWinning And LosingSports Psychology Author:Michael Johnson
“There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.” WayTurnsSportsAbilityTeamAchieveTennisExpensiveSports Team Author:Martina Navratilova
“Extreme sport has only ever been about goals and the ways to achieve these goals. Adrenaline plays a part, but it's never in the foreground.” WayPlaySportsGoalAchieveExtremesAdrenalineForegroundExtreme Sports Author:Felix Baumgartner
“You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.” IfsWantSportsSacrificeAchieveWorthwhile Author:Arthur Ashe