ScrapSayings, Sports General

  • Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind. - Jakie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic heptathlete

  • The Agony of Defeat

  • The Agony of Da Feet (soar feet or beat up shoes)

  • American Gladiators

  • An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything, and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. - Thomas Fuller

  • Are you Game?

  • Are you ready for some [sport here]

  • Armchair Athlete!!

  • Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much. - Jakie Joyner-Kersee

  • Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
    - Ervin Magic Johnson, NBA player for the LA Lakers

  • Be a good sport!

  • Be a team player!!

  • Be on the ball

  • Beat the Clock

  • The breakfast of champions

  • Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing. - Bart Conner

  • Close, But No Prize

  • Confidence is contagious. So is the lack of it. - Vince Lombardi

  • Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth. - Bruce Lee

  • Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring in the ship. - Vince Lombardi

  • Drilling, drilling, drilling - We should have hit oil by now!!!

  • Every winner has scars and woeful stories of their failures and triumphant stories of their victories. The true winner learns from both.

  • Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everybody can say he's a champion. - Ervin Magic Johnson

  • The Fab Four [name your city's football, baseball, hockey, basketball teams]

  • Family GAME night (family gathered to watch or play)

  • Fast/Fancy Footwork

  • Faster Higher Braver

  • Free Play

  • Game Ball / Day / Face

  • Game Over (picture of someone exhausted or battered)

  • Gamer / Player

  • Get/Keep your head in the game

  • Go for the Gold

  • Go Team! Fight Team! Win Team! Win!

  • Go the distance!

  • Good Sports

  • Great Game

  • Grudge Match

  • Grunge Match

  • Have a Ball

  • I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
    - Michael Jordon, Basketball Star for the Chicago Bulls

  • I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. When you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. - Michael Jordan

  • I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results. - Michael Jordan

  • I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan

  • I've/We've got you covered.

  • I've/We've got your back.

  • If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? - Vince Lombardi

  • If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, then you will be fired with enthusiasm. - Vince Lombardi

  • If you can't win, make the one ahead of you break the record!!! - Jan McKeithin

  • Inch by inch my goal is a cinch.

  • Instant Replay!

  • It's a real nail biter!!!

  • It's all in the wrist/hands/feet.

  • It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, It's All In How You Play The Game.

  • It's not over til it's over. - Yogi Berra

  • It's rabbit season! NO! It's duck season! NO!! IT'S [name the sport] SEASON!!!

  • It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. - Yogi Berra

  • Just do it ! - Nike

  • Just for Kicks

  • Keep your head in the game!

  • Kick it up a notch!

  • Kick it up to the next level

  • Kickin' It!

  • Let the Games Begin

  • Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my!!!

  • Little Sport

  • MVP

  • My favorite season is

  • No Pain, No Gain

  • Not every adventure takes place in a storybook!

  • On your mark get set GO!

  • Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. - John Quincy Adams

  • Play Again

  • Playing By The Book

  • Prime Time Sports

  • Put me in coach!

  • Put your best foot forward! (running, kicking, soccer, skating)

  • The Race Against the Clock

  • The Rookie [of the year]

  • Sports/ Super Star/Hero

  • Statistically 100% of the shots you don't take don't go in. - Wayne Gretsky

  • Strive for the excellence it takes to succeed.

  • Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1. - Arthur Ashe

  • Survival of the Fittest

  • Sweep the series / Clean sweep

  • Sweet Smell of Victory -- and stinky socks

  • Tag Team

  • Taste of Victory

  • Team Player

  • There are four seasons: Football Season, Hockey Season, Basketball Season, and Baseball Season.

  • There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything . - Vince Lombardi

  • There is no I in TEAM.

  • There is no team - like the best team - which is our team - right here! - Peanuts, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

  • Triumph {tri umf} to rejoice or exult over victory; achievement.

  • Undefeated

  • Unrivaled

  • Victory Seekers

  • Way to Go!

  • We're all in this together

  • We Are The Best

  • We Are The Champions… my friend. And we'll keep on fighting 'till the end.
    We are the Champions, We are the Champions.
    No time for losers, cause we are the champions of the world. - Queen

  • We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. - Vince Lombardi

  • When you win, nothing hurts - Joe Namath, quarterback for the New York Jets

  • Wide World of Sports

  • Win or lose, do it fairly. - Knute Rockne, 1888-1931, Norwegian-born American Football Coach

  • A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. - Larry Bird, American Basketball Player and Coach

  • Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything. - Vince Lombardi

  • Winning Isn't Everything, It's the Only Thing - Vince Lombardi

  • Winning With Style and Grace

  • You can never start too young!

  • You can't hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. - Kathy Seligman

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

  • You're my Hero!

  • You're the MVP on my team!