No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.

Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can…

— Sally Pearson

I mean, everybody's star fades in every business; that's just a natural part of life.

— Susan Sullivan

In high school I was that athlete that was pretty good.

— George Hill

I am a reality all-star. This is what I do. I'm not an actor or an athlete.

— Brandi Glanville

I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high school, so…

— Megan Alexander

“She clung to the game the way a person clings to a post when a storm threatens to blow him away. And though she…

— Haruki Murakami

I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport.

— Jason Collins

I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered…

— Colson Whitehead

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed…

— Nigel Mansell

Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned…

— Naveen Jain

I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm…

— Jonathan Gottschall

I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run…

— Harbhajan Singh

I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm…

— Rich Mullins

I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.

— Jesse Owens

As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think…

— Oscar De La Hoya