Athlete Quotes · Page 14

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

— Carl Lewis

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

— Bill Shoemaker

I was always a good athlete. I just gave up on football.

— Lil B

Nobody in the world can tell me I'm not a professional athlete.

— Dan Hardy

I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.

— Cris Cyborg

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

— Mariah Carey

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

— Lou Holtz

I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.

— Steve Largent

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

— Lou Holtz

We have the can-do factor, and us doing what we do I think inspires people to just try that little bit harder,…

— Lee Pearson

I think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great.

— Lance Berkman

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.

— Robert A. Heinlein

With the responsibility of being a professional athlete, I believe that it is on us to go out there and help people.

— Torrey Smith

My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time.

— Amanda Beard

When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into that magical thing.

— Greg Rusedski

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

— Hale Irwin

Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dream -- of becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athlete -- lives the…

— Glenn Kurtz

To chase an athlete that really doesn't want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words…

— Junior Seau

I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it…

— Damon Hill

I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such…

— Stefan Edberg

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew…

— J. J. Watt

My heritage is something that I have always been aware of, however, some would say that there is a disproportionately low number…

— Nathan Adrian

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you…

— Dick Schaap

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of…

— Damon Hill

I hated motivators - never been a motivator. Motivation is like a warm bath, and you should take a bath probably, but…

— Tony Robbins

One theme that fascinates me is cognitive enhancement. It seems only a matter of time until we live in a world where…

— Ben Casnocha

We know that for the last 300 or 400 years, the size of human bodies is growing. Now what happened is that…

— Garry Kasparov

In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than…

— Peyton Manning

I typically like to train with the mentality of a high-performance athlete. I put in the work and do what it takes…

— Kelly Rowland

Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but…

— Jesse Owens

And she [Eleanor Roosevelt]loves being a star. And she loves being a teacher and a leader and a mentor and a big…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in…

— Roger Angell

I don't know about politics so much. I'm a professional athlete.

— Khabib Nurmagomedov

You play with your soul as well as your body.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

— Keegan-Michael Key

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.

— Michael Diamond

The way to stay popular as a quarterback in the NFL is never to play.

— Cliff Stoudt

As an athlete, player, anybody, you want to make shots.

— Austin Reaves

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

— George Foreman

The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself!

— Franz Stampfl