Athlete Quotes · Page 35

If you're a professional athlete, and after the game, you're eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating…

— John Salley

I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just…

— Tinie Tempah

An athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers.

— Albert Azaryan

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

— Michael Owen

Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.

— Hima Das

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

— Frank Bruno

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost…

— Pat Conroy

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

— Katarina Witt

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

As an athlete, when you are on that field and the fans get really engaged and you can feel their energy and…

— Tom Brady

I used to go to some Harvard parties with my athlete friends, and they would introduce me as 'Winona, the Indian activist.'…

— Winona LaDuke

The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play…

— Geno Auriemma

Ask any great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they have arrived at the place where they need…

— Eric Butterworth

The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a…

— Billy Kennedy

Mainly, I like to have fun. Swimming is all about having fun, and I am firm believer that you should keep swimming…

— Scott Goldblatt

Even though the Olympics take place during Ramadan, some Muslim athletes said they will not fast during games. Then, after sampling the…

— Conan O'Brien

Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of…

— Linford Christie

I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete…

— Anonymous

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

— Olga Korbut

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power…

— Angela Ruggiero

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape…

— Nadia Comaneci

As a competitor and an athlete, you have to believe in yourself. And you have to believe in the people who believe…

— Tim Tebow

You guys are just jealous because i'm a natural athlete and you can't cross the street without falling on your face." -(Bird)…

— Anonymous

I'm lazy, and I don't do everything a pro athlete should be doing, but it's god given.

— Mike Perry

I don't want to be an athlete so much. I groove more with artists and deep thinkers.

— Dean Potter

Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard…

— Kyle Shewfelt

It's not every day you are able to sign a top-10 athlete, let alone two in the same week.

— Scott Coker

An athlete is not a robot, not a machine. Wellbeing of athletes is absolute necessary.

— Abhinav Bindra

When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete's feet don't exist, there's something…

— Dick Gregory

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.

— Harold Wilson

You start seeing all of the athlete profiles on NBC, and whenever the Summer Olympics come up, I feel like I share…

— Lindsey Vonn

Coming from Dennis Rodman there's a lot of expectations in terms of the athlete that I am.

— Trinity Rodman

The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the…

— E. O. Wilson

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at…

— Zach Johnson

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining…

— Kobe Bryant

For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.

— Frank Bruno

What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.

— Greg Maddux

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

— Herm Edwards