Athlete Quotes · Page 28

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

— Cathy Rigby

Athletes today get into a single-minded, one sport routine. I can't stand it.

— Jack Nicklaus

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

— John Wooden

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

— Bill Russell

You don't need to be an athlete to enjoy the outdoors.

— Jessica Mendoza

As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.

— Michelle Kwan

As a professional athlete, I've been booed by 18,000 people.

— Jason Collins

I don't want the natural athlete -- I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones.

— Bill Veeck

Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.

— A. J. Kitt

The person most qualified to tell the tale of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the man himself, as gifted an intellect as he is…

— Rumaan Alam

As the athlete, you have the confidence of knowing that there's somebody who has got your back. A person who will do…

— Colin Jackson

Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

— John Wooden

Being the heavy favorite is not always a good thing because of the amount of pressure on an athlete.

— Mirai Nagasu

I was the type of guy that used to get up in the morning and go out and just out run everybody…

— Bo Jackson

Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.

— Earl Blaik

The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

— Bill Toomey

Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and…

— Tom Udall

Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and…

— Ray Lewis

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I…

— Dan O'Brien

I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to…

— Alberto Juantorena

There are some good teachers out there, but the only one who is a genius at diagnosing my swing is my mom.…

— Boo Weekley

In many ways, I think the WNBA is changing the way America views women and is having a positive impact on the…

— Laurel J. Richie

There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or…

— Kristopher Belman

I'm a shy guy... I don't enjoy being bothered but I never say no to a fan. I say yes to everybody...…

— Georges St-Pierre

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

You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things…

— Ernest Gaines

It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next…

— Jeff Schultz

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

— Dan O'Brien

If you're not balanced, your mind's not balanced... my fuse went.

— Frank Bruno

When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.

— Lindsey Vonn

I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.

— Marion Jones

“No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.”

— John Grisham

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

— Edwin Moses

Models are like athletes: You burn hard and fast.

— Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

— Jose Canseco