Athletes Quotes · Page 11

As professional athletes, we're used to inspiring the next generation, people who are younger than us.

— Jason Collins

Nowadays, the difference between athletes is really small, and if you can get an edge, why not take it.

— Sue Bird

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

— Lou Holtz

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

— Hope Solo

We get a lot of athletes we've come across who've identified themselves as big fans: actors, actresses, athletes.

— Steve Harwell

I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.

— Jesse Williams

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

— Eric Heiden

The peacocking nature of baseball players and athletes in general - you're all kinda competing for who's got the most swagger.

— Glen Powell

We might not make what athletes in other sports make, but we have greater longevity and we do have certain freedoms to…

— David Duval

Obviously, not many people get to be pro athletes and hopefully make it in their sport. So I'm just lucky enough to…

— Jack Sock

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but…

— Leigh Steinberg

I see other athletes as inspiration, like Rafa Nadal, Pau Gasol, Fernando Alonso. I think they are great inspiration for youngsters and…

— Lucas Vazquez

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after…

— Alice Dreger

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the…

— Tim Pawlenty

I think it would be tough for a lot of the athletes that I play with to think that while that I'm…

— Cris Carter

In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles - a physical challenge that places intense demands on…

— Malcolm Gladwell

So many athletes are afraid to use their platform to do the right thing and speak what they feel, and that's very…

— Martina Navratilova

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at…

— Adam DeVine

Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up…

— Jerry West

The sports space is so full of opinion that you aren't hearing from the athletes just speaking for themselves. We are such…

— Hannah Storm

I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching…

— John Salley

If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that…

— Charlie Pierce

Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this…

— Ban Ki-moon

“Muhammad Ali has a lot to answer for. When he lit the flame at the Atlanta Olympics there wasn't a dry eye…

— Michael Robotham

As aspiring athletes, you should never give up on your dreams. Just believe in yourself, and everything will be possible.

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

As athletes, it is our responsibility to be role models. But we are not superheroes.

— Marcelo

The WNBA is constantly called the best league in the world, yet we don't get treated like the best athletes in the…

— Liz Cambage

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

— Clara Hughes

The most important thing to me is to inspire all these athletes in the next generation.

— Tobin Heath

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

— Anonymous

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

— Willie McCovey

I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful.

— Linford Christie

Truly sports is a great unifier as our athletes come from villages and cities, north to south, from east to west.

— Anurag Thakur

Especially as pro athletes, at the highest level, what we put into our bodies plays a huge part in our performance.

— Andre Iguodala

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it…

— Eric Heiden

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.

— Bob Costas

The sad thing is that I know no athletes' names. I am not a sports girl at all.

— Clara Mamet

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that…

— Oscar Robertson

I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.

— Manu Bennett

Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please.

— Chris Long