“It's great to be great, but its greater to be human.” HumansSportsGreaterGreatnessSelf Respect Author:Will Rogers
“George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.” WarSportsLinesGreatnessMurderInternationalBreathingShootingThinkerMinus Book:Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and Its Discontents Source: Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and Its Discontents
“The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.” StillsSuccessWinningSportsGreatnessBasketballSexyInspirational BasketballSexiness Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Tendulkar can now rightly lay claim to the title of being the greatest batsman in cricket history. And if some people argue about his greatness then there are certainly no arguments about his being the most prolific, he is a complete run machine and his 50th Test hundred is a testimony of his endurance and passion for the sport” PeopleIfsRunningPassionSportsGreatnessHundredArgumentTestsMachinesClaimsLaysArguingTitlesEnduranceCricketTestimonyTendulkar Author:Rashid Latif
“What I saw so clearly when I started climbing was adventure. Difficulty was only an ingredient. I never thought to wonder about grades, just as I never thought to wonder what Tarzan might bench press. I found the closer I moved to sport, the closer I felt to science - and the closer I moved to adventure, the closer I felt to greatness.” MightFoundFeltSportsWonderSawsGreatnessAdventureDifficultyMovedPressesGradesIngredientsClimbingBenches Author:Peter Croft