Athlete Quotes · Page 21

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.

— Dan Gable

We're the greatest athletes in the world without a doubt.

— Hulk Hogan

A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.

— Ben Askren

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

— Matt Biondi

Everyone has been injured, regardless of whether they're an athlete or not.

— Mirai Nagasu

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

— Muhammad Ali

Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform.

— Mike Schultz

I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.

— Libby Trickett

As an athlete, our platform is so high. A lot of people look up to us. So if they see us doing…

— A. J. Green

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

— Frank Bruno

In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance.…

— Sebastian Coe

I fought, I fought harder . . . but one cell at a time, panic crept into my body, taking me over.

— Jesse Owens

In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other…

— Hope Solo

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at…

— Zach Johnson

For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.

— Frank Bruno

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining…

— Kobe Bryant

Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four…

— Paul Theroux

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how…

— Brett Favre

What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for…

— Naveen Jain

When I was a kid and we played baseball we used to use that "eye black" stuff sometimes - that kind of…

— Ben Lerner

In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look…

— Paula Radcliffe

It was tough. That may happen at the Trials. You are so in the zone when you are in there it's tough…

— David Oliver

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries…

— Jesse Owens

Right before they named the (2014) team, I stepped back and I allowed myself to realize what I had accomplished. I got…

— Kelly Clark

When we get to the point where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live in fear that he'll be…

— Jason Collins

Oscar Pistorius is now infamous for reasons that I think everybody knows about, but when I hit on his story and put…

— Ron Currie Jr

(On winning the 800 meters in front of the home fans) I was really excited to come back here. Of course you…

— Leonel Manzano

O.J. Simpson existed in a bubble. So when Harry Edwards approached him about being involved in the Olympic Project for Human Rights,…

— Ezra Edelman

The most difficult part is training and competing while observing the holy month of Ramadan, which involves fasting. The most rewarding part…

— Ibtihaj Muhammad

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word.…

— Red Auerbach

Singing is a kind of sport and a singer a kind of athlete and following this model becoming "vocally fit" - building…

— Gary Catona

The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared…

— Mariel Zagunis

Times have changed. The athletes have changed.

— Joe Namath

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

— Lisa Guerrero

I was an athlete, but I hung out with the band guys. I was adaptable.

— Josh Holloway

I definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both.

— Johnny Weir

I'm so proud of my body. I'm so proud to be an athlete. I wouldn't change anything.

— Charlotte Flair

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

— Pele

The true athlete should have character, not be a character

— John Wooden

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

— Willie Stargell