Famous Quotes

"When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem."

Greg Louganis on Sports

More quotes about Sports

• "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 on Sports

• "It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

  Mark Twain on Sports

• "Golf is a good walk spoiled."

  Mark Twain on Sports

• "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

  Hunter S. Thompson on Sports

• "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."

  Henry David Thoreau on Sports

More quotes by Greg Louganis

• "Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship."

• "Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship."

• "The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't."

• "Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship."

• "In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do."