First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete. — Bo Jackson Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards. — Robin Cousins Copy Share Image
“If you play just to stay healthy and not to win, by all means, keep playing.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio. — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman. — Lynn Davies Copy Share Image
It's about being a student-athlete, and not just getting that easy money and going to the league. — Jameis Winston Copy Share Image
People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning. — Fred Perry Copy Share Image
I do not look back at what might have been. If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy. — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Somewhere behind the athlete you have become, and hours if practice is a little girl who picked up a ball, fell in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As an athlete, there is no bigger compliment in my mind you can pay a guy when you say he can get… — Johny Hendricks Copy Share Image
Maybe it's the athlete in us all where you know you don't want to lie down and just take it. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I think it went really well. There was part of me that really wanted to go with the rabbit. But, honestly one… — Mary Cain Copy Share Image
It's exciting for any professional athlete going through something to just stay true to who you are, keep your head down, keep… — Minkah Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in… — Bobby Orr Copy Share Image
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
My thing I liked was to challenge guys that were smaller, guys that were supposed to be quicker. Because I think self-consciously… — Wilt Chamberlain Copy Share Image
One answer to why public interest in men's tennis has been on the wane in recent years is an essential and unpretty… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Training is principally an act of faith. The athlete must believe in its efficacy; he must believe that through training he will… — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
In an unhealthy way, I found a lot of validity in having always been a very good athlete, a very good baseball… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly… — Benjamin Boukpeti Copy Share Image
When someone is in a state of flow, that person's brain is not thinking about anything - it's just processing things through… — Kevin Maney Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200… — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, professional athletes say, 'I'm not a role model; I'm an athlete.' I don't mind being a role model… — Bobby Lashley Copy Share Image
It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it. — Marc Gasol Copy Share Image
There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about. — Matt Barnes Copy Share Image
I always keep training like an athlete. It's a lifestyle. I love that. — Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Copy Share Image
