Athletes Quotes · Page 10

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— Chuck Norris

Newsflash: competitive athletes fight sometimes. They also are egomaniacs.

— Jemele Hill

The most famous athletes throughout the history of time are fighters.

— Dana White

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power…

— Angela Ruggiero

We don't need any help - the athletes and the coach don't want any help to win.

— Tite

Those athletes are not going to wear my headphones because I asked them.

— Jimmy Iovine

I think it's a unique breed of athlete on the offensive line. We're built differently than a lot of other major athletes.

— Jason Kelce

Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it.

— Maurice Greene

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in…

— Dante Hall

Truth is, none of us professional athletes are ever 100 percent healthy. We just decide what we're going to tape up and…

— Iman Shumpert

We can make a huge impact. We can be that difference maker just because of our status and because of what we…

— Davone Bess

The career span for athletes is very short-lived. So you aren't being, perhaps, the smartest person if you don't take care of…

— Benson Henderson

Athletes become our heroes, because they're superhuman. They do things nobody else can do. They're better than 6 billion other people.

— Charlie Sheen

What athletes do may not be that healthy, the way we push our bodies completely over the edge to the degrees that…

— Lance Armstrong

The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And…

— John Yarmuth

Somewhere behind the athlete you have become, and hours if practice is a little girl who picked up a ball, fell in…

— Anonymous

I know a lot of CEOs who are looking for three- to four-year varsity athletes - not necessarily because these people are…

— Angela Duckworth

Unfortunately, we don't have the luxury of being paid like NBA, NFL and soccer and baseball athletes. They have that cushion where…

— Aljamain Sterling

It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year…

— Anne Wojcicki

As inherently franchise-altering as drafts are, as monumental as they can be in the sport's history, you still can't get past the…

— Will Leitch

I grew up being close friends with several amazing female athletes. I know that despite having the exact same amount of passion…

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried…

— Louis Zamperini

I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room…

— Brian O'Driscoll

“It's just that some of the people I've met through her, the athletes, the influencers and writers? They all have this same…

— Angela Flournoy

I don't have a problem with athletes speaking up, but I want to make sure before they speak up, they read up.

— Shannon Sharpe

The best of the best are in the Olympics, all of the athletes work hard to get there.

— Hidilyn Diaz

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

— Mariah Carey

As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.

— Mirai Nagasu

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

— D. B. Sweeney

“The least successful athletes, those who have never won any victories, suddenly call themselves trainers.”

— J.C. McKeown

I am not going to tolerate players turning up unfit. They are professional athletes representing a country.

— Mickey Arthur

A lot is expected from athletes but we need good coaches as well.

— Milkha Singh

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

— Haile Gebrselassie

Ray Sefo is a former K-1 guy that I've always respected. He knows how to take care of athletes.

— Fabricio Werdum

A lot of female athletes only have time off when they injure themselves.

— Liz Cambage

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.

— Bill Toomey

I see other athletes who reached a dead end in their careers for lack of good education.

— Hidilyn Diaz

I know a lot of athletes, they want to play until their 45 or 50 or whatever, some athletes claim, but count…

— Joey Votto

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.

— Adam Richman