It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
Being a professional athlete, people respect the fact that I respect eSports professional gamers. — Gordon Hayward Copy Share Image
I became a process-oriented athlete; one who believed in giving it his best shot and not bothering about the outcome. — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
After a loss like this we just have to go back and work harder. We got outplayed and that's all there is… — Peyton Manning Copy Share Image
You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform?… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
The athlete has the advantage of being able to advertise in the media what he wants to do when he retires. — George Mikan Copy Share Image
I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit. — Ken Doherty Copy Share Image
I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of… — Marcus Allen Copy Share Image
I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a… — Vijender Singh Copy Share Image
Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's… — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
I have struggled to be taken seriously as a female athlete. I have struggled to find my worth outside of winning. I… — Lynsey Dyer Copy Share Image
Ronaldo is the best of the best, I mean not only as a football player but also as a human being. You… — Edgar Davids Copy Share Image
If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these… — Nader al-Masri Copy Share Image
An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which… — Alberto Salazar Copy Share Image
I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
Technically I don't play sports because I have two left feet and I cannot coordinate and my motor skills are a bit… — Nicole Seah Copy Share Image
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
There's definitely a whole double standard. I don't understand it. A guy can be sexy and good-looking, and it totally just enhances… — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my… — Melanie Roach Copy Share Image
I think a lot of our team commitment is a silent understanding that each one of us has poured our life into… — Claire Carver-Dias Copy Share Image
A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete,… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica A. Fox Copy Share Image
There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Before I go out on the field every day, I tell myself, 'You are having fun, and you want to set a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Competitiveness drives my blood. I'm an athlete at heart and I just love the competition. I can't live without it. It's just… — Sean Garrett Copy Share Image
That's one of the biggest things as an athlete and as a player: you want to be where you're wanted, where you're… — Weston McKennie Copy Share Image
If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine. — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of… — Patrick Ewing Copy Share Image
It is an honor and privilege to be able to be in a position to utilize my platform as a professional athlete… — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established. — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking;… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
It's an amazing life, don't get me wrong. But being a professional athlete, is... is not as glamorous as everybody sets it… — Zack Steffen Copy Share Image
Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias Copy Share Image
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I like to think I'm one of the least athletic people in real life. I don't do a whole lot when I'm… — Tessa Thompson Copy Share Image
