Athlete Quotes · Page 29

My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!

— Laurie Hernandez

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

— Damon Hill

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.

— Lou Holtz

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

— Brandi Rhodes

I have been dubbed 'the girl who puts the glamour into hammer'

— Sophie Hitchon

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore.

— Florence Griffith Joyner

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

— Grete Waitz

I was the first athlete in the country to have a personal coach.

— P. T. Usha

I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.

— Colleen De Reuck

I'm an athlete, I'm a competitor, so whenever you have a loss, you feel it in your heart.

— Victoria Arlen

Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.

— John Lancaster Spalding

First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and…

— Brian Boitano

My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without…

— Wilma Rudolph

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all…

— Brian Boitano

If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. I'll never be a…

— Brian Bosworth

I have done 'Sports Illustrated,' but I don't regret it because it portrayed me in a positive way - as an athlete.

— Alex Morgan

Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less…

— Kid Rock

The families of many athletes - incensed at the sports leagues and hoping to make games safer overall - are increasingly making…

— Jeffrey Kluger

Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

You always dream of being a famous athlete. But you never think about the impact you can leave on the younger generation,…

— Mike Evans

As an athlete, everyone was always like, 'Listen to your body.' Whether it's an injury or whether it's just a nagging ache,…

— Tara Lipinski

Collin Jackson was a little before my time and he was a really good athlete. I've raced with him, but he's now…

— Liu Xiang

The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. Forget about whether you might win or lose. By working…

— Barbara Cochran

It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow,…

— Jim Sensenbrenner

“The best source of knowledge concerning the most effective methods of coping with the challenges of endurance sports is the example set…

— Matt Fitzgerald

The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes…

— Jose Canseco

The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves…

— Laozi

The ban doesn't have anything to do with Livestrong or my ability to work in [the cancer] community. Perhaps it speeds it…

— Lance Armstrong

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 came out as a gay as I have earned myself respect as an athlete. I have only lost 2 out of…

— Orlando Cruz

Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the…

— Mindy Kaling

It's the same when you listen to any kind of successful athlete. My older brother has a useful name for them -…

— Clancy Martin

We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.

— John F. Kennedy

The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

— Bernard Hopkins

The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.

— Plato

I'm impassioned about injury prevention as an athlete.

— Becky Sauerbrunn

As an athlete, you sometimes put unnecessary pressure on yourself.

— Uriah Hall

The guy is the greatest male athletes of all time.

— Serena Williams

There are so many highs and lows for an athlete. But the highs outweigh the lows.

— Diandra Asbaty

One thing about me is that my parents didn't force me to be an athlete.

— Kamaru Usman