Athlete Quotes · Page 33

An athlete is responsible whatever she takes - be it food supplement or whatever.

— P. T. Usha

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

— Billy Horschel

I think the sport needs the help to continue to motivate athletes.

— Usain Bolt

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

— Kobe Bryant

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.

— Johnny Weissmuller

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

— Johnny Weir

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.

— Ted Williams

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

— Phil Knight

I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

— Brett Favre

I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know,…

— Giorgio Armani

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

— Barack Obama

People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

— Damon Hill

Perhaps I don't give the impression that I'm hurting on the track. But that is because I am animated by an interior…

— Noureddine Morceli

This is a business. I'm a professional athlete. This isn't, 'poke somebody and start a street fight.'

— Dustin Poirier

Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.

— Marc Gasol

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in…

— Nigel Mansell

Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you…

— Zola Budd

I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal,…

— Michael Strahan

...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to…

— Xenophanes

Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing…

— Jon Hamm

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to…

— Joe Manganiello

With basketball, if a guy is having an off night you still can say he's a good athlete. But with a comedian,…

— Gary Gulman

I would say facing the obstacles surrounding the day-to-day pressures of an elite athlete at a very young age was not the…

— Tara Lipinski

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing…

— Jason Collins

College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

— Ruby Wax

A ton of athletes, even if they know your name, pretend they don't.

— Jeff Pearlman

My parents wanted me to become a national athlete.

— Joe Taslim

Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice.

— Paul Brown

It's about lessons for life. It's not just about winning either.

— Lynn Davies

Being an Olympic athlete doesn't change who you are as a person.

— Tobin Heath

Have fun, because that's what life is all about.

— Ryan Lochte

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

— Haile Gebrselassie

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

— Irving Stone

You ought to go to the Wizard of Oz and ask him for some courage.

— Thomas Henderson

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

— Curt Schilling

I had always been involved in athletics throughout my life.

— Samoa Joe

For an athlete, the country is everything.

— Geeta Phogat

“Scores give better decision than judges.”

— Amit Kalantri

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.

— Donovan Bailey