The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time. — Michael Wilbon Copy Share Image
Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger. — Keith Brantly Copy Share Image
There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're… — Geoff Stults Copy Share Image
I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You… — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image
When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a… — Herschel Walker Copy Share Image
My social life is friends at the pool; I have just finished school as I am now a full-time athlete. — Jessica-Jane Applegate Copy Share Image
The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can. — Cheng Fei Copy Share Image
Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about… — Allan Houston Copy Share Image
Personally, I think SmackDown! has to be a little spicier than it is, a little more electrifying than it is. It's got… — Dusty Rhodes Copy Share Image
I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting… — Damon Hill Copy Share Image
I am a professional athlete, which means it's part of the deal for people to watch me and watch what I do… — Andy Irons Copy Share Image
Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been… — Peter Ueberroth Copy Share Image
My recruiting key - I looked for PEOPLE first, athletes second. I wanted people with a sound value system as you cannot… — Herb Brooks Copy Share Image
Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was… — Robin Cousins Copy Share Image
No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer.… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training. — Alberto Salazar Copy Share Image
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better. — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
So far China has won the most gold medals, ladies and gentlemen. The Chinese athletes can't wait to get home and show… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Any professional athlete who gets on TV or radio and says he never played with a gay guy is a stone-freakin' idiot. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes. — Ato Boldon Copy Share Image
A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Athletes who are able to stay completely focused in pursuit of their dreams are the ones that are most likely to become… — Steve Backley Copy Share Image
I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The sadness of the end of a career of an older athlete, with the betrayal of his body, is mirrored in the… — Ira Berkow Copy Share Image
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models... — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry.… — Noureddine Morceli Copy Share Image
Treat yourself like an overweight, out of shape person and that's what you will be. Why not train and treat yourself like… — Chalene Johnson Copy Share Image
“LOL could go and take a running jump. I wasn’t made for illiteracy; it simply didn’t come naturally.” — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
Want to become a champion? Then build your successes on a solid foundation of failure! — Jan Garavaglia Copy Share Image
I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the… — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just… — Beth Brooke Copy Share Image
Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012. — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
