Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front — Ron Pickering Copy Share Image
Diet is highly individual. You have to see what your body wants and what is healthy for it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The chi is the central energy or power that we use in physical expression. When the chi is flowing properly in our… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Athletics brings out a side of you that is wonderful. It brings out so many good attributes like competing, intensity and playing… — Julie Foudy Copy Share Image
In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the… — Kirsty Coventry Copy Share Image
The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me. — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
“The modesty of the athletic body which is contented with its perfection You could limit your human existence to filling your shape… — Pierre Drieu la Rochelle Copy Share Image
You are trying to pierce the veil, to break through the Frisbee so that it doesn't exist, to break through the football… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
When you can become completely impassive in play, then you become fluid and completely unpredictable. No one knows, including yourself, what you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
“It’s amazing how two thin pieces of clothing can hold such deep memories. Laughter, pain, victory, defeat, friendship, fatigue, elation… they’re all… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Michigan State is always welcome at Ann Arbor. Your teams in all the various branches of athletics are more frequent visitors here… — Fielding H. Yost Copy Share Image
After being impaled by a javelin, while officiating- I'm doing fine now, just resting and hanging around. — Jeremy Campbell Copy Share Image
Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes… — Jennie Finch Copy Share Image
I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
I didn't have the passion for athletics in that way, that there were other parts of me that felt under-served and that… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It is in experiencing and accepting the pain of defeat, that we may truly acknowledge the joy of victory.” — Andre Bramble Copy Share Image
Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best… — David Coleman Copy Share Image
In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
It is easier to develop the mind through meditation than it is just through athletic practice. If you put the two together,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that's important. — Tony Romo Copy Share Image
The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see… — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
Athletics is athletics. When you do sport, you are gambling. You run, you win, you lose. It doesn't matter if you are… — Caster Semenya Copy Share Image
Your ego interferes, your sense of self. When you let go of the mind, the Frisbee will take its own path. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
In the Orient we have known for thousands of years that the most powerful tonic for ill health is a happy and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In order to succeed on the athletic field, it is necessary to succeed in daily life. Your spirit and your life must… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing. — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
The emptiness of play is when there is no self present. There is no one playing - there is only play itself… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition. — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
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