Athlete Quotes · Page 36

Being a runner, professional or recreational, means that you are part of a community that stretches across the globe.

— Lanni Marchant

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety.…

— Damon Hill

Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life…

— John Kessel

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

— Frank Bruno

It is about what you do when nobody is watching. Can you always stay on your grind, or are you only a…

— Ian Warner

I have been blessed with a long and healthy career as a professional athlete and as I move forward into the next…

— Jerry Rice

My social life is friends at the pool; I have just finished school as I am now a full-time athlete.

— Jessica-Jane Applegate

I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment…

— Althea Gibson

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the…

— Debi Thomas

If we had to play Augusta National in one hour, the best athlete would win the Masters. But as it is, they…

— Joe Inman

Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the…

— Bryan Mosley

But I sometimes think we have too much of a fixation about 2012.

— Linford Christie

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

— Terrell Owens

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would…

— Ralph Boston

Guess what, the cheerleaders in college are the best athletes in college. You think, I'm joking, they're almost all gymnasts, the stuff…

— Joe Biden

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

— Carly Patterson

I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts…

— Roger Federer

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

— Curt Schilling

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is…

— Roger Bannister

Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.

— Veikko Karvonen

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times.…

— Mickey Mantle

An athlete needs to read situations before they happen.

— Dwyane Wade

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

— Haile Gebrselassie

Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four…

— Paul Theroux

Athletes that can't listen, can condition.

— Chuck Daly