Athlete Quotes

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

— Oscar De La Hoya

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

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…

— Rich Mullins

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

— Harbhajan Singh

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

— Jonathan Gottschall

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

— Naveen Jain

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

— Nigel Mansell

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

— Colson Whitehead

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

— Chris Cleave

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

— Paul Samuelson

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

— Pat Riley

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

— Fred Perry

Treat yourself like an overweight, out of shape person and that's what you will be. Why not train and treat yourself like…

— Chalene Johnson

Why can't we have a voice? What's the difference between an athlete having millions or Donald Trump? Every time a politician talks,…

— Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

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

— Katarina Witt

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

— Carl Lewis

Professional athletes die twice.

— Steve Nash

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

— Lisa Guerrero

There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.

— Anonymous

I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done,…

— Rickey Henderson

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see…

— Dale Murphy

You can't abuse your body and you need to work hard on your weaknesses. Everyone likes to focus on the things they…

— Pat LaFontaine

...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to…

— Xenophanes

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.”

— Amit Kalantri