In any sport, particularly professional sport, the margin of difference between a superbly conditioned, physically fit athlete is slight, even negligible: winning and losing, at the highest level of sports play, is a result of who is better prepared internally.
- Matthew Green
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
- Emil Zatopek
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
- Earl Warren
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
- Bruce Jenner