I'm not a woman that's an athlete! I'm an athlete!

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

— Oscar Robertson

I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will…

— Paul Stanley

I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.

— Serena Williams

I think once an athlete always an athlete and once you have a competitive nature about you, in general, it's hard to let go.…

— Kristin Armstrong

Ronaldo is the best of the best, I mean not only as a football player but also as a human being. You can see…

— Edgar Davids

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