Sport Quotes

Using sport quotes in your speech or presentation is a good way to relate to your audience. Almost everyone as played some sort of sport or game in their life. These can be used to introduce the theme of your speech or to emphasize a point.

Blending them into your public speaking engagements will help personalize your speech more.

Quotes:

Winning isn't everything,
But wanting to win is.
-Vince Lombardi

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
-Jack Dempsey

When you win, say nothing.
When you lose, say less.
-Paul Brown

Win as if you were used to it,
Lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Act as if it were impossible to fail.
-Dorothea Brande

The first man gets the oyster,
The second man gets the shell.
-Andrew Carnegie

You can observe a lot by watching.
-Yogi Berra

Float like a butterfly,
Sting like a bee.
-Muhammad Ali

Your best teacher is your last mistake.
-Ralph Nader

You miss 100 percent of the shots you
never take.
-Wayne Gretzky

My motto was always to keep swinging.
Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly
Or having trouble off the field, the only
Thing to do was keep swinging.
-Hank Aaron

I can accept failure,
But I can't accept not trying.
-Michael Jordan

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
-Babe Ruth

Don't look back
Something may be gaining on you.
-Satchel Paige

Both tears and sweat are salty,
But they will render a different result.
Tears will get you sympathy;
Sweat will get you change.
-Jesse Jackson

Courage is being scared to death-
But saddling up anyway.
-John Wayne

I'm not a dreamer...but I believe in miracles.
I have to.
-Terry Fox

It doesn't matter how slowly you go
So long as you do not stop.
-Confucius

Fans don't boo nobodies.
-Reggie Jackson

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
Instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
-Judy Garland

The only reason I don't like playing in the world series
is I can't watch myself play.
-Reggie Jackson

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