Athlete Quotes · Page 40

I want to be an athlete. I'm not just a running back. I play the running back position.

— Saquon Barkley

I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in…

— Lori Foster

There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned,…

— George Foreman

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other…

— Damon Hill

I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have.

— Bob Stoops

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy…

— Mike Piazza

Whether you're a veteran like me or a high school athlete, the most important thing you can do is keep your body…

— Jason Terry

If you are ever going to achieve as much as you can in a sport, you are going to have to be…

— Meredith Rainey-Valmon

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work…

— Stedman Graham

When you talk about an injury and the kind of depression you go through, it's not just because you're out of shape…

— Jamila Wideman

The athlete of the century, he scored more than 1,000 goals, and won the World Cup three times. He was complete. I…

— Cafu

I always wanted to be an athlete. Then when I realized that I can't run very fast, jump very high, or catch…

— Geoff Stults

Canada needs individuals to whom educators can point, and of whom we can be proud, whether athletes or astronauts or anything else.…

— Roberta Bondar

As Israel prepares to enter, my position is well known. It is one that I have taken at previous Olympics. It is…

— Brian Williams

This sport isn't about million-dollar contracts or over-priced shoes, it's about dedication and determination. My mind is sharp and my body is…

— Anonymous

Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a…

— Robin Cousins

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more…

— Vince Lombardi

I feel like I've been an athlete my whole life and I don't want to get burnt out. I want to have…

— Mackenzie Dern

You know when you are an athlete, nothing is supposed to be wrong. Everything is supposed to be easy and life is…

— A'ja Wilson

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady…

— Marion Jones

As an athlete, I just try my best to be as good as I can. Whether people like you or not should…

— Andy Murray

Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

— Neve Campbell

Sports provides the chance for the athlete, unlike the ordinary person, to open the door and meet people.

— George Mikan

You know, I always root for the older athlete. I root for the second album. I root for solo careers after the…

— John Cho

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

— Haile Gebrselassie

“The athlete doesn’t stop smoking and start training. He starts training and finds he has stopped smoking.”

— George Sheehan

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.

— Carl Lewis

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

— Major Taylor

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me…

— Chris Evert

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.

— Ralph Marston

It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We really are. I think…

— Becky Sauerbrunn

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.

— Gabrielle Reece

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of…

— Timothy Shriver

When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look…

— Walter Payton

It's interesting about people who choke. I'm, believe it or not, a good athlete. I've watched people choke over the years.

— Donald Trump

As an athlete, as a competitor, any person would tell you they're the best. I truly believe that in myself.

— Marcus Mariota

It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.

— Warren Buffett

We lose a lot of young athletes because tennis is such a difficult sport. It's not like kicking a soccer ball.

— Jim Courier

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch,…

— Lou Boudreau