Inspiring quotes

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.
你天生就是运动员。你注定要来到这里，这是属于你的时刻。

——Herb Brooks（美国著名曲棍球教练）

The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win, that is important.
关键不是想赢的那份渴望，因为每个人都有。关键是为赢得比赛做好了充分的准备。

——Bobby Knight（美国著名篮球教练）

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
冠军怕输，其他人怕赢。

——Billie Jean King（美国著名职业网球运动员）

What keeps me going is not winning, but the quest for reaching potential in myself as a coach and my kids as divers. It's the pursuit of excellence.
我的动力不是赢得比赛，我的动力是将我作为教练的潜力和运动员们的潜力全部发挥出来，是追求卓越。

——Ron O’Brien（澳大利亚足球运动员）

Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won.
胜利来自于你做到了自己的极限。如果你尽了最大的努力，你就已经赢了。

——Bill Bowerman（美国田径教练）

The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.
最难熬的是你用尽全力，做了能做的一切，却还是输了。然而，当你有能力走出这一切困境时，那感觉很特别。

——Eddie Reese（美国游泳教练）

It's always an honor to be able to represent your country at the highest level.
能代表祖国在这里战斗 是我毕生的荣耀。

——Basheer Abdullah（美国拳击教练）

This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have a team like this has always been a dream of mine.
这支队伍显然不是最好的，可是他们很团结，团结是最重要的。我一直梦想着能有一个这样的队伍。

——Bela Kayolri（罗马尼亚体操教练）

（中国日报网英语点津  Helen）