Athlete Quotes · Page 44

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

— Arthur Lydiard

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

— Noureddine Morceli

Sure, everyone who knows me knows that I am the world's least athletic person ever to exist - but that doesn't mean…

— Becca Kufrin

I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.

— Nancy Greene

I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.

— Shaquille O'Neal

The biggest learning is that an athlete needs to know when to stop. To know that if I push beyond this, there…

— Neeraj Chopra

Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.

— Rick Pitino

When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride.

— Ron Delany

Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with…

— Bill Maher

The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field,…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

The modern athlete is an individual corporation. I'm not quite sure it's very good for sport, or good for team work, or…

— LeBron James

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and…

— Will McDonough

The format of the race weekend is also very well thought out. We have enough practice time to get the cars well…

— Nigel Mansell

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established…

— Roger Bannister

I want to prove to people who sit on a couch and don't do anything but criticize other people that, if you're…

— Herschel Walker

I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the…

— Cindy Klassen

The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.

— Steven Pressfield

Being vegan doesn't make you a stronger, better athlete. But it allows you to make yourself a stronger, better athlete.

— Brendan Brazier

I'm not a great athlete that can play any sport. But one thing I could always do is... fight back.

— B. J. Penn

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

— Eric Shanteau

There is an entire culture out there built around siphoning money from an athlete, and the young men and women who come…

— Ray Allen

I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what…

— Chad Harbach

For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the…

— Cathy Freeman

It is the dream of every athlete to qualify and compete in the Olympics and I am no different.

— Dutee Chand

I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best…

— Arnold Palmer

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

— Orel Hershiser

That's one thing you can never go wrong as an athlete, try to connect with the fans.

— Serge Ibaka

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

— Nikki Sixx

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen…

— Roger Bannister

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter…

— Troy Dumais

The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players.

— Don Coryell

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.

— Arjun Rampal

Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why…

— Libby Trickett

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

— Fred Perry

I'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person.

— Julie Benz

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

— Jason Collins

The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

— Julia Leigh

I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.

— Anderson Silva

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about…

— Daley Thompson

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous…

— Frank Bruno