Goodsports: Sporting Heroes
Sporting Hero Quotes
Some quotes about heroes, though not all of the sporting variety. A hero for the community can also come from the Arts and Science, and probably should do so more often.
"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example"
"Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up"
"The hero shows us what we ought to be, and we make him a hero because we wish to be what he is"
"The world needs heroes and it's better they be harmless men like me than villains like Hitler"
"Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day"
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself"
"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals."
"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"
"What you call a hero, I call just doing my job"
"The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men"
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer"
"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else"
"The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by"
"We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too."
"One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being."
May Sarton
"Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story."
"The great destroyers of nations and men are comfort, plenty and security. A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on."
"Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards."
"Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves."
Related Pages
- Hero home
- more sporting quotes
