The Best Sports Quotes

Sports have been a tremendous source of inspiration and motivation for centuries. From the athlete to the enthusiast, through the greatest champions, sport has always been a fascination for many. Sport is a great vector of solidarity and well-being across the planet. 
Here is our selection of the most beautiful quotes on sport.   

"After a marathon, you know more about what you're looking for in life."
 - Paula Radcliffe

"Men pass on life as runners pass on the torch." - 
Lucretia

"Life is like a bicycle, you have to keep moving to keep your balance.
 " - Albert Einstein

"If you are fast at feasting and slow at running, eat with your feet and run with your mouth. " - 
Lucien

"Stage fright is basically the same for a champion and a beginner. The difference is that the former has learned to control it better than the latter. " - 
John Mc Enroe

"I have always made a difference between the man and the driver. If the pilot's reputation is no longer ideal, it doesn't matter. Only the man's reputation is essential.
" - Alain Prost 

"Breaking records is the fixed idea of a true sportsman, and there is there like a usurpation by the body of this spiritual vocation of the Christian: to surpass oneself.
" - François Mauriac 

"There is no greater glory for a man than to show the lightness of his feet and the strength of his arms..." - Homer

"If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to change your life, run a marathon." 
Emil Zatopek 

"Sport seeks out fear in order to dominate it, fatigue in order to triumph over it, difficulty in order to overcome it. " - 
Pierre de Coubertin 

"You have to set goals before you can achieve them. " - 
Michael Jordan 

"Sport is about surpassing yourself. Sport is a school of life.
 " - Aimé Jacquet 

"We all like to win, but how many like to train?" - 
Mark Spitz 

"You can always improve a record. You can always do better." - 
Bruno Peyron 

"Sports competition is a parable that perfectly illustrates the great race of life."
 - Claude Lelouch 

"If the Olympics always remain the final objective, each competition is a challenge in itself.
 " - Laure Manaudou 

"Two things count: winning and having fun. Winning without having fun is of no interest." - Roger Etcheto

"I will silence the doubters with my hard work. And no one will stop me from proving my worth."
 - Kenenisa Bekele 

"Victory is about giving your best. If you gave your best, you won." - 
Bill Bowerman 

"Sport is about surpassing yourself. Sport is a school of life.
" - Aimé Jacquet 

"We all love to win, but how many love to train?" - 
Mark Spitz 

"You can always improve a record. You can always do better." - 
Bruno Peyron 

"Sports competition is a parable that perfectly illustrates the great race of life."
 - Claude Lelouch

"If the Olympics always remain the final objective, each competition is a challenge in itself. " - 
Laure Manaudou 

"Everything that does not kill makes you stronger" -  Nietzsche 

"To give up in a competition because you can't finish first is incompatible with the spirit of sport. " - 
Eric Tabarly 

"I am a warrior and a permanent dissatisfied, that's the prerogative of the champion.
 " - André Panza 

"If the English have invented many sports, it is because, as soon as they feel they have been surpassed in one of them by a foreign nation, they invent another. " - 
Peter Ustinov 

"I try to perfect my strengths and hide my weaknesses." 
- Billie Jean King 

"Let the athletes stop doping... We'll look smart in front of our TV sets while we wait for them to break records."
 - Coluche 

"They say: some defeats are victories... When I think about it, I've had a lot of success. - 
Patrick Timsit 

"There is always something to remember from a mediocre soccer match: a heel, a shot... You read a failed book with the conviction that the next one will be better. - 
Bernard Pivot 

"Winning is not finishing in first place. It's not about beating others. Winning is about overcoming yourself. Overcoming our bodies, our limits and our fears. Winning is about surpassing yourself and turning dreams into reality." - 
Kilian Jornet 

"You learn more from your own defeats than from the defeats of others." - 
Monica Seles 

"To be a good winner you have to be a good loser.
 " - Mika Hakkinen 

"If you want to do something, you either find a way or you find excuses."
 - Emmanuel Pinda 

"A French sportsman who wins is a Frenchman. A French sportsman who loses is a sportsman, to say the least.
 " - Coluche 

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them"  - Michael Jordan

"If you think you are going to fail, then you are probably going to fail."  - Kobe Bryant

"The battles that count are not the ones where you get gold medals. The battles against yourself, that's an invisible and inevitable battle we all fight, that's where it all comes down." - Jesse Owens

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan 

"One of the keys to success is self-confidence. One of the keys to self-confidence is preparation."  - Arthur Ashe