Famous Quotes & Sayings

Woody Hayes

Success - it 's what you do with what you've got.

Paul Meyer

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile goals.

Reo Hatfield

Our success has been obvious, at least from the word on the streets, and I feel like we have opportunities that are still arising.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

Barry Mann

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

B. R. Ambedkar

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

Bill Shoemaker

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

Bill Condon

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Just like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?

Dick Vermeil

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

Babe Ruth

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

Alexis Carrel

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Abe Lemons

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

Andre Agassi

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

Chuck Noll

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

Bruce Lee

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

Dick Fosbury

I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see".

Earl Monroe

Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Stubbornness usually is considered a negative; but I think that trait has been a positive for me.

Michael Owen

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

Richie Benaud

From our broadcasting box you can't see any grass at all. It is simply a carpet of humanity.

Steve Waugh

I don't like waiting in airports for my bags. Even worse, I don't like waiting in airports when my bags are lost.

Ty Cobb

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.