Athletes Quotes · Page 6

The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time.

— Michael Wilbon

We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over.

— Alberto Juantorena

There are all these athletes out there cheating. I am clean and pure.

— Anonymous

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

I think athletes are, in general, tired of so much of their persona being controlled by the media.

— Jemele Hill

The only one who can tell you 'you can't ' is you. And you don't have to listen.

— Nike

In Africa, kids don't look at black athletes and say, 'They're different from us.' They look at them and say, 'That can…

— Luol Deng

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

— Ato Boldon

Like anybody else, athletes like to pig out on a bit of junk food every now and then, but they also know…

— William Katt

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're…

— Venus Williams

I've got full faith in the Australian public that they'll get behind athletes with a disability - and not just to get…

— Dylan Alcott

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were…

— Warren Moon

“CrossFit Games athletes are renowned for their ability to suffer, but this event tested everyone’s limits of endurance, stamina, fortitude, and pain…

— Ben Bergeron

Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become…

— Steve Backley

I think athletes need to be better at portraying themselves and promoting themselves. You can't just sit and wait for the media…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind…

— John Kessel

When I look at the great athletes, I think of the Kobes and the LeBrons and the Tom Bradys of the world,…

— Saquon Barkley

It's not just any sport. It's not just throwing a ball, hitting, and running. I live with the cheering of my teammates…

— Anonymous

I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever…

— Alberto Salazar

I think the biggest thing is people forget that we're these crazy athletes with these athlete bodies and stuff, but it's just…

— Hilary Knight

I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were…

— Terry Crews

“A good team was simply a group of very disparate athletes who assembled each day from radically different lives and—with luck—for one…

— David Halberstam

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you…

— Lou Holtz

College athletes are workers, period. They are skilled and disciplined young people who deserve so much more than to be treated, in…

— Jamaal Bowman

All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to…

— Nick Nolte

Athletes are statistically, given their age and health, at virtually zero risk from COVID.

— Clay Travis

As athletes, you always know that mistakes happen, and not everyone is perfect, and you can't be perfect.

— Katelyn Ohashi

As a coach, I've learned that the greatest thing I can do for my athletes is to share my passion for the…

— Cael Sanderson

These guys, just because we're NBA athletes, we're not superhumans.

— Karl-Anthony Towns

I don't believe my athletes care what I know, until they know that I care.

— Teri McKeever

We should be able to live the lives of other professional athletes in hockey, baseball, NFL and NBA.

— Curtis Blaydes

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals.

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

The performance that we put out there as athletes is our heart, our heart.

— Justin Gatlin

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

— Charlie Rose

As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.

— Landon Donovan

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

— Michael Waltrip

If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.

— Bobby Knight

Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts.

— Asafa Powell

I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.

— Taufik Hidayat

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

— Yohan Blake