These athletes can be considered the gods in certain ways…

You'll see why, in animation circles, Miyazaki himself is considered one of the gods.

— David Ansen

I think that - this is my personal opinion - but sometimes African American athletes are considered overly cocky.

— Tyron Woodley

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

— Pat Riley

We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.

— Paul Samuelson

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 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