I'm an athlete in general.

So I think an athlete in general, no matter what sport he does, has to bring this work ethic with him. He must be…

— Florian Munteanu

I'm the kind of guy who comes home and checks scores for everything. I'm a sports fan in general, so I pretty much keep…

— Chadwick Boseman

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

— Lisa Guerrero

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in…

— Fedor Emelianenko

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a…

— Carl Lewis

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

— Katarina Witt

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.

— Fred Perry

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

I don't want to say names, but there are certain companies I won't work with because of previous people they've worked with. I don't…

— Alex Morgan

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that…

— Chris Cleave

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

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 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