The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do. — Scott Tinley Copy Share Image
The NCAA is one of the worst organizations - maybe the worst organization - in sports. They certainly don't care about the… — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image
If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants. — Gene Stallings Copy Share Image
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places.” — Collette West Copy Share Image
My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing. — Juli Inkster Copy Share Image
Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing,… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to… — Meb Keflezighi Copy Share Image
I don't think there are many kids who sit around and want to be actors. I don't think there are many kids… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to… — Claudio Reyna Copy Share Image
He was a top man and a good professional. He was one of those who you know will never play a trick… — Geoffrey Boycott Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and… — Troy Aikman Copy Share Image
Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians than any other athletes in the whole world. Since I was a little… — Alexander Ovechkin Copy Share Image
I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would… — Dick Fosbury Copy Share Image
I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
I'm an athlete. I play basketball and football and all that with a bunch of other men, but that doesn't impact me… — Masego Copy Share Image
It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the… — Leisel Jones Copy Share Image
It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly. — Lynn Davies Copy Share Image
Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. — Yannick Noah Copy Share Image
My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled. — Bill Rodgers Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and… — Scott Caan Copy Share Image
A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve. — Clay Guida Copy Share Image
Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us? — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the… — Bryan Mosley Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there. — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image
The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. — Peggy Fleming Copy Share Image
Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
You realize as an athlete that there is a bit of a clock, and you don't want to look back on a… — Pam Shriver Copy Share Image
I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics. — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
I haven't been an athlete in school or college, though I have played basketball and football. — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for… — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were… — Warren Moon Copy Share Image
The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike. — Dave Beard Copy Share Image
In all honesty, being a professional athlete, especially being a tennis player, you have to be a bit nuts. — Jack Draper Copy Share Image
