Athlete Quotes · Page 32

It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your…

— Hannah Kearney

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

— Mia Hamm

I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the…

— Ernest Hemingway

I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire…

— Cathy Freeman

Dancing is still the hardest profession. Gene Kelly said dancing is a man’s game Women have to do the same thing in…

— Mitzi Gaynor

Paula, your retirement is the one that every athlete dreams.

— Milagros Cabral

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are…

— Bill James

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

— Frank Bruno

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just…

— Haile Gebrselassie

In an athlete, it is not the legs that go first

— Ken Dryden

“No Student can stand the Gruel of Sports Training unless she has a Passion for Fame.”

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

When you become an athlete, you live in this bubble. You're in the world, but you're not in the world.

— Herm Edwards

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

— Nikki Sixx

When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game…

— Bill Bradley

Basketball is at its best when you have athletes in space making plays. It's the same for soccer, you have great athletes…

— Shane Battier

You don't need to be an athlete to enjoy the outdoors.

— Jessica Mendoza

You can't be an athlete and doubt yourself.

— Troy Deeney

I was a two-star athlete. I got looked over.

— Ed Reed

Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.

— Pat Cash

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

— Orlando Cruz

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.

— Scott Speedman

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

— Frank Bruno

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. The Olympics are the most important…

— Tina Maze

I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage…

— Ted Ligety