Athlete Quotes · Page 38

It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL…

— Marquise Goodwin

I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to…

— Jalen Rose

I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and…

— Katie Hoff

All skills are perfected through the process of failure. Embrace loss as a necessary part of improvement.

— Jerry Lynch

I've had an affinity for Michael Jordan. He's probably the greatest athlete in my generation.

— Enzo Amore

Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.

— Bobby Cannavale

Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Some of them behave in princely fashion, become legitimate heroes to…

— Anna Quindlen

It's all about brand exposure, building your brand, building your image and just getting to that next level as an athlete.

— Aljamain Sterling

Our behaviour as an athlete is often determined by our previous experiences and how we dealt with those experiences. It is these…

— David Horne

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would…

— Ralph Boston

There is nothing we cannot do for an athlete. If a guy wants to write a book, great. If he wants to…

— Rich Paul

When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into…

— Tony Dungy

They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour…

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other…

— Norman Mailer

As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it different distances, or do…

— Mo Farah

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the…

— Debi Thomas

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

— Haile Gebrselassie

Any sport you're going to do, you're going to lose more than you win. People don't realize how hard it is to…

— Diandra Asbaty

I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.

— Kobe Bryant

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch it, get started, take action, move.

— John Wooden

I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his: I won't play forever. Some don't know when to…

— Mark Wahlberg

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very…

— Charlie Kimball

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

— Ray Bradbury

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business…

— Kendrick Lamar

The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I…

— Sloane Stephens

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the…

— Tim Pawlenty

I'm an athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. And that's how women should be. That's how they should be built.

— Bristol Palin

I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being…

— Pat Summitt

I consider myself an athlete. I train like an athlete, I eat like an athlete, I recover and get sore just like…

— Seth Rollins

Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn't like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.

— Nigel Mansell

I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am,…

— Jason Collins

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.

— Yanni

What does being an athlete mean? It means I have to be a little selfish again. I have to put my career…

— Johny Hendricks

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work…

— Lolo Jones

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour…

— George A. Sheehan

We amateur athletes are peculiarly devoted to our fitness, and our obsessions can sometimes be a burden to our loved ones and…

— Peter Sagal

It's about being a student-athlete, and not just getting that easy money and going to the league.

— Jameis Winston

I do not look back at what might have been. If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.

— Tiger Woods

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

— Fred Perry

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee