I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry.… — Noureddine Morceli Copy Share Image
“LOL could go and take a running jump. I wasn’t made for illiteracy; it simply didn’t come naturally.” — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Treat yourself like an overweight, out of shape person and that's what you will be. Why not train and treat yourself like… — Chalene Johnson Copy Share Image
I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
Want to become a champion? Then build your successes on a solid foundation of failure! — Jan Garavaglia Copy Share Image
Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the… — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
My social life is friends at the pool; I have just finished school as I am now a full-time athlete. — Jessica-Jane Applegate Copy Share Image
If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. Similarly, if you're trying to broaden your… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
So I think an athlete in general, no matter what sport he does, has to bring this work ethic with him. He… — Florian Munteanu Copy Share Image
(On returning to Austin to run at his collegiate stadium) It is almost like coming home with the crowd, the people, and… — Leonel Manzano Copy Share Image
It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
“Hence, the policing of the female athlete, who faces the daunting task of maintaining a body strong enough to excel at her… — Anne Helen Petersen Copy Share Image
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware.… — Landon Donovan Copy Share Image
Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can. — Cheng Fei Copy Share Image
So far China has won the most gold medals, ladies and gentlemen. The Chinese athletes can't wait to get home and show… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training. — Alberto Salazar Copy Share Image
Any professional athlete who gets on TV or radio and says he never played with a gay guy is a stone-freakin' idiot. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes. — Ato Boldon Copy Share Image
A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become… — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
You realize as an athlete that there is a bit of a clock, and you don't want to look back on a… — Pam Shriver Copy Share Image
I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I haven't been an athlete in school or college, though I have played basketball and football. — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike. — Dave Beard Copy Share Image
Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were… — Warren Moon Copy Share Image
In all honesty, being a professional athlete, especially being a tennis player, you have to be a bit nuts. — Jack Draper Copy Share Image
The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time. — Michael Wilbon Copy Share Image
