H. Jackson Brown
"Champions separate the important from the unimportant. They know that good press, playing time or individual honors aren't as important as knowing that you and your teammates have responded to the challenge together."
Don Shaw
"Even when you've played the game of your life, it's the feeling of teamwork that you'll remember. You'll forget the plays, the shots, and the scores, but you'll never forget your teammates."
Deborah Palmore
"The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win."
Chris Evert
"Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort."
Elgin Baylor
"The spirit of sports gives each of us who participate an opportunity to be creative. Sports knows no sex, age, race or religion. Sports gives us all the ability to test ourselves mentally, physically and emotionally in a way no other aspect of life can. For many of us who struggle with 'fitting in' or our identity--sports gives us our first face of confidence. That first bit of confidence can be a gateway to many other great things!"
Dan O'Brien
Just as in a rainbow--if there was only one color it would not be beautiful. On our team--if there was only one player it would not be victorious."
Unknown
"One bout doesn't make a champion. One win or one loss isn't reflective of an entire career...Champions aren't made or lost with one battle."
Kelly Williams
"If what you did yesterday still looks big to you today, then you must not have done anything today."
Unknown
"I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up."
Amy Ruley, head woman's basketball coach, North Dakota State
"The difference between a good athlete and a top athlete is the top athlete will do the mundane things when nobody's looking."
Susan True
"Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team."
Dot Richardson
"Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game."
Bill Bradley
"Don't be content with average because average is just as close to the bottom as it is to the top."
Danielle Ballentine
"The race isn't over until you cross the finish line. You'll be surprised at how much can change in the last twenty strides."
Jackie Dugall
"Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need the hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere....to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win, and you gotta hang tough together."
Tony Dungy
"The trophies mean nothing. The glory will fade. In the end all that is important is your happiness."
Unknown
"Every team requires unity. A team has to move as one unit, one force, with each person understanding and assisting the roles of his teammates. If the team doesn't do this, whatever the reason, it goes down in defeat. You win or lose as a team, as a family."
Jack Kemp
"When anyone tells me I can't do anything...I'm just not listening anymore."
Florence Griffith-Joyner