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)
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
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.
Knute Rockne
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
Jean Claude Killy
Bill Shankly Famous Quotes
'If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.'
To a journalist who suggested Liverpool were struggling - 'Ay, here we are with problems at the top of the league.'
'Sickness would not have kept me away from this one. If I'd been dead, I would have had them bring the casket to the ground, prop it up in the stands, and cut a hole in the lid.' - after beating Everton in the 1971 FA Cup semi-final.’
'If Everton were playing at the bottom of the garden, I'd pull the curtains.'
‘In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.'
'Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. We don't need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool's players keeps them motivated.'
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
