"Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary." -Ray Knight

“Above anything else,  I hate to lose.” -Jackie Robinson

"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it." -Lou Holtz

"The guys who separate themselves are those who are able to take what appear to be setbacks and stay prepared, keep working." DE...

"The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you  or to cheer for you is when a player is made." -Tim Duncan

"It's extra effort that separates a winner from second place.  But winning takes a lot more than that.  It starts with complete com...

“Attitude, to me, is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people th...

"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play." -Mike Singletary

"It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best." -Hakeem Olajuwon

"There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is." -Bill Bradley

"Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work." -Vince Lombardi

“Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary...

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. The principle is competing against yoursel...

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. It comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts i...

Herb Adderley , the Packers’ All-Pro cornerback, recalls Vince Lombardi talking to him after a game against that Chicago Bears. “You just ...