Athlete Quotes · Page 18

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

— Brandi Rhodes

I have been dubbed 'the girl who puts the glamour into hammer'

— Sophie Hitchon

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

— Grete Waitz

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.

— John F. Kennedy

I was the first athlete in the country to have a personal coach.

— P. T. Usha

Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.

— Mark Rippetoe

I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything

— Shannon Miller

We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball.

— Jim Courier

It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.

— Warren Buffett

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

— Mary Kom

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch,…

— Lou Boudreau

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.

— Bill Toomey

Whether you're a veteran like me or a high school athlete, the most important thing you can do is keep your body…

— Jason Terry

If you are ever going to achieve as much as you can in a sport, you are going to have to be…

— Meredith Rainey-Valmon

Before even Court Grip, I just wanted to be a part of a brand that I felt that listened to the athlete…

— Dwyane Wade

To an extreme athlete, there's a certain appeal to doing extreme things - seeking the most extreme physical challenges in some of…

— Dean Karnazes

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I had been cut from the basketball team every year. But I was like, 'I can turn it around! Michael Jordan made…

— Hasan Minhaj

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're…

— Bruce Jenner

If there is one thing I learned by reading Epstein's "The Sports Gene" it is that world-class athletes are, by definition, abnormal:…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, and…

— Lindsay Pearce

I'm a Mormon. I don't do a lot of the off-the-field activities that athletes are known to do. And I guess I've…

— Jeff Kent

Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen, he had everything. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Quick. Powerful. Could…

— Osvaldo Ardiles

I complain a lot. That's one way of coping. But I'm in a profession where nobody tells you to quit. No board…

— John Updike

I've seen young men in college going into the NFL and then bite the cheese that's in the trap. They'll throw you…

— Eddie George

In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might…

— Jonathan Gottschall

Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-should-worry-about-getting-enough-protein-and-therefore-eat-meat…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness,…

— Daniel Gillies

And what can we do to silence these Christian athletes who thank Jesus whenever they win, never mention his name when they…

— George Carlin

There's a better way to speak out against President Putin and call out his bigotry for exactly what it is: speaking up…

— Greg Louganis

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

— Knute Rockne

One athlete I absolutely love is Melissa Stockwell.

— Jessica Long

That comes with being an athlete. Not everybody is going to be on your side.

— Deebo Samuel

Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.

— Edoardo Ponti

I wasn't too good at vaulting, and I didn't have running speed and jumping power.

— Mitsuo Tsukahara

Coos Bay is a sports-minded town. You had to be an athlete to be somebody.

— Steve Prefontaine

You grow up, no one really teaches you about taxes, especially as an athlete.

— Martellus Bennett

A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

— Al Davis