Athlete Quotes · Page 49

I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.

— Jordan Burroughs

It is about what you do when nobody is watching. Can you always stay on your grind, or are you only a…

— Ian Warner

I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I am an athlete for Christ. That's why I play for Him, to give Him glory, to thank Him for giving me…

— Edinson Cavani

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

— Ted Ligety

What I tell student athletes is first of all, you've made good choices this far in order to be able to be…

— Condoleezza Rice

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

— Hope Solo

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just…

— Diana Nyad

The sport of wrestling is a tremendous builder of the values and characteristics which are needed to succeed in any walk of…

— Dennis Hastert

As an athlete, that's something I always take with me. You fall every day, whether it's in a job, or you miss…

— Michelle Kwan

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions…

— Bill Toomey

Being a pro athlete doesn't mean you treat your body right, even though it's so important to what you do. Being a…

— Summer Sanders

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world…

— Jessica Ennis

The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total…

— Tiffeny Milbrett

Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about…

— Takeru Kobayashi

Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same…

— George Balanchine

It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.

— Vijay Singh

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

— Robin Yount

I read somewhere that drummers are practically Olympic athletes. I feel pretty good, most of the time. After 38 years, I can't…

— Michael Bland

As a sportsman, I accept being beaten. Everybody tries to be a winner, but only one in a race will win. It's…

— Kipchoge Keino

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

— Dick Vermeil

Nick Aldis is a great champion. He looks like a professional athlete. He dresses like one. He carries it well.

— Jim Cornette

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in…

— Roger Bannister

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

— Bill Toomey

“I was an aesthete rather than an athlete, and my only wish was to be an ecstatic wanderer.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

— Anonymous

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you…

— George A. Sheehan

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against…

— Dick Fosbury

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

— Frank Bruno

I was a big kid and a big athlete, but let's be honest: I don't know diddly about football.

— Big Show

To be quite honest, and anybody will tell you, growing up I was going to be a pro athlete. I didn't have…

— Herm Edwards

My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was…

— Victor Cruz

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

— Anonymous

(Algerian athlete, 1996 Summer Olympics, on the 3000m world record) I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m.

— Noureddine Morceli

An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never…

— Major Taylor

Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

— Franz Stampfl

I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in…

— Al McGuire

One of the things I love within music and within sports is how often musicians and athletes thank their audience. In the…

— Eric Fischl

I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor.

— Chuck Connors