Athlete Quotes · Page 3

There were always a couple of loonies who caused all the trouble.

— Zola Budd

As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.

— Tony Romo

Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.

— Mason Cook

I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high…

— Megan Alexander

Heartbreak is our indication of sincerity: in a love relationship, in a work, in trying to learn a musical instrument, in the…

— David Whyte

It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man…

— Tommie Smith

Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same…

— George Balanchine

Endure, put up with whatever comes your way, learn to overcome weakness and pain, push yourself to breaking point but never cave…

— Toni Nadal

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in…

— Roger Angell

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

— George A. Sheehan

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in…

— Roger Bannister

An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. By involving children in the fun…

— Digger Phelps

If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League…

— Michael Sandel

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

— Paula Radcliffe

I'm lucky because I have an athlete between my legs.

— Willie Carson

The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

— Ken Doherty

But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete. Either…

— Julia Quinn

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I didn't want to fall back. But I realized it was more important to make it to the end under my own…

— Danica Patrick

Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

— Don King

It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides

— Ed Ayres

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to…

— Joe Manganiello

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

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important.…

— Roger Bannister