Athlete Quotes · Page 13

The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.

— Pat Summitt

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

— Bo Jackson

No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.

— Anonymous

Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete.

— Elana Meyers

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

— Anonymous

I always had that desire to become a great athlete.

— Lauren Jackson

“Behind every successful athlete there is a responsible coach.”

— Paul Bamikole

All athletes would be better if they eat better. Junk in equals Junk out.

— Jack LaLanne

100 percent, I'm a natural athlete. From when I was younger, I played so many different sports and I've got a competitive mindset.

— Anthony Yarde

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment,…

— Roger Bannister

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

— Lynn Davies

I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like…

— Jason Mraz

You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you…

— Ken Robinson

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to…

— Joakim Noah

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have…

— Barry Bonds

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

— Frank Bruno

Giving something back is a huge deal. You'll notice every successful athlete uses that at some point in his career during an…

— Rush Limbaugh

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters…

— Major Taylor

Tony [Walters] was one of the first international world-class athlete I had ever dealt with and I was lucky enough to have…

— Chris Algieri

Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter…

— Bernard Hopkins

As a professional athlete, it is a unique opportunity to impact people around you and I think a big part of that…

— Ben Shelton

I'm at the point where you look back on your life and reflect. I've always been an unbelievable critic of me. If…

— Jerry West

Every day the word 'gift' is used to define talent, ability, and performance. Being gifted has an even deeper meaning, a meaning…

— Alan Cohen

In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what…

— Maria Sharapova

It is said that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues…

— LZ Granderson

The Olympic Games are for 'the youth of the world,' but they're organized and scored by countries. It's no surprise that countries…

— James Fallows

In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too.…

— Jesse Owens

The beauty of running is its simplicity; the beauty of runners is that we all have a similar drive to improve. We…

— Deena Kastor

What we're seeing is an era where governments and huge organizations such as the IOC don't have accountability. They don't have accountability…

— Bryan Fogel

Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried…

— Louis Zamperini

I would have to say that first preseason game. Just to put the pads on as an NFL player for the first…

— Giovani Bernard

There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to…

— Ayana Mathis

I never claimed to be anything more than a nice guy and an athlete.

— Hunter S. Thompson

If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.

— John Nestor

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

— Ruud Gullit

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

— Herb Elliott

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

— Arthur Lydiard

I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.

— Carl Lewis

Nutrition as an athlete is very important.

— Marcus Semien

I realized that if you want to be a fighter, you have to become an athlete.

— Marlon Vera