Gerald R. Ford Quotes

The sport of wrestling is a tremendous builder of the values and characteristics which are needed to succeed in any walk of life. Much of what I have managed to achieve in life I owe directly to the years I spent in the wrestling room, as an athlete and a coach. Wrestling is a great educational tool.

If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

You must relate athletic experiences to life.

I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

With moderate physical training, you can control anything in your body. You don't have to be an athlete to do it, and this isn't just about people with disabilities - it's about everyone. You just have to have the willpower, the mindset, and the desire to want to better yourself.

Whenever I get a chance to get my reps in, that's a good challenge for me.

I think sports is good for goal setting, and I think it teaches you some important values.

Championships are mythical. The real champions are those who live through what they are taught in their homes and churches. The attitude that 'We've got to win' in sports must be changed. Teach your youngsters, who are the future hope of America, the importance of love, respect, dedication, determination, self-sacrifice, self-discipline and good attitude. That's the road up the ladder to the championships.

Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.

You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

If you think you're in shape, try boxing. You'll discover that you are not. It's the most physically challenging thing I've ever attempted, but I love it and I want to keep up some of the training.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.

The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I am today.

Tennis has given me soul.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.