Athlete Quotes

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

— Jeremy Renner

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

— Melanie Roach

I'm an athlete. I'm very active.

— Chuck Woolery

I'm an athlete in general.

— Kylie Bunbury

I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.

— Jim Thorpe

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

— Giancarlo Esposito

An athlete's diet is a complicated thing.

— Chuck Norris

I know what being a star athlete means.

— Brian Urlacher

I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.

— Libby Trickett

Times have changed. The athletes have changed.

— Joe Namath

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

— Lisa Guerrero

I was an athlete, but I hung out with the band guys. I was adaptable.

— Josh Holloway

I definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both.

— Johnny Weir

I'm so proud of my body. I'm so proud to be an athlete. I wouldn't change anything.

— Charlotte Flair

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

— Amy Ruley

If the athlete is fair with the press, he deserves fairness back.

— Arnold Palmer

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would…

— Dick Fosbury

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I…

— David Beckham

I'm an athlete. I play basketball and football and all that with a bunch of other men, but that doesn't impact me…

— Masego

It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the…

— Leisel Jones

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.

— Lynn Davies

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

— Yannick Noah

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and…

— Scott Caan

There are a lot of young great athletes out there; they're much better athletes than what we were. They're bigger, faster, stronger,…

— George Steele

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work…

— Stedman Graham

When you talk about an injury and the kind of depression you go through, it's not just because you're out of shape…

— Jamila Wideman

The athlete of the century, he scored more than 1,000 goals, and won the World Cup three times. He was complete. I…

— Cafu

I always wanted to be an athlete. Then when I realized that I can't run very fast, jump very high, or catch…

— Geoff Stults

Canada needs individuals to whom educators can point, and of whom we can be proud, whether athletes or astronauts or anything else.…

— Roberta Bondar

As Israel prepares to enter, my position is well known. It is one that I have taken at previous Olympics. It is…

— Brian Williams

This sport isn't about million-dollar contracts or over-priced shoes, it's about dedication and determination. My mind is sharp and my body is…

— Anonymous

As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach…

— Brian J. White

I think it's interesting that a lot of times people want celebrities to give back in the way that they want them…

— Rhymefest

I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the…

— Ernest Hemingway

Ideally we're going to stay at an American hotel. We just want to take every precaution. Because if you get sick out…

— Kerri Walsh

It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's…

— John Kessel

[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional…

— Robert A. Heinlein

It's been a wild ride. I hope people can appreciate how special it is to see the people that ran well today;…

— Alan Webb

To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first 'second' is when you come…

— Jesse Owens