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1 “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it.” - Knute Rockne
2 “Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.” - Mike Singletary
3 “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” - Dan Gable
4 “I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” - Rogers Hornsby
5 “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.” - William James
6 “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.” - Michael Jordan
7 “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby
8 “The integrity of the game is everything.” - Peter Ueberroth
9 “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” - Ernie Banks
10 “The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.” - Bob Lemon
11 “Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.” - Joe Adcock
12 “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” - Michael Phelps
13 “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.” - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
14 “You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.” - Jim Bouton
15 “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.” - Satchel Paige
16 “Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you.” - Eddie Robinson
17 “My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.” - Don Shula
18 “Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.” - Paul “Bear” Bryant
19 “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” - George Halas
20 “When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.” - Paul Brown
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