But everyone’s an athlete, he said. If you have a body…

“Bowerman was forever griping that people make the mistake of thinking only elite Olympians are athletes. But everyone’s an athlete, he said. If you…

— Phil Knight

By a persistent effort of will it is possible to change the whole body. The athlete must always keep in mind this concept of…

— Emil Zatopek

If you have a body, you are an athlete!

— Anonymous

How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only problem.' 'Awesome, yeah,' Gus said. 'Not…

— John Green

After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She said her body can feel like a…

— Joe Dunthorne

“He was said to have the body of a twenty-five year old, although no one knew where he kept it.”

— Terry Pratchett

It has been said that the body is like an automobile - it's yours, but it isn't you.

— Doris Day

“Mine means 'body,'" Tanu interjected. 'Wow, that's so eerie,' ALF said. 'Because . . . you have a body.”

— Megan McCafferty

Professional football's a tough game. It's a lot of contact. It's a lot of wear and tear on your body. You've got elite athletes…

— John Urschel

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