Athlete Quotes · Page 46

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

— Haile Gebrselassie

I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.

— Kobe Bryant

The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch it, get started, take action, move.

— John Wooden

I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his: I won't play forever. Some don't know when to…

— Mark Wahlberg

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very…

— Charlie Kimball

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.

— Ray Bradbury

The media has dubbed me as someone who can only get up for the big tournaments, and that is not who I…

— Sloane Stephens

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business…

— Kendrick Lamar

Professional football's a tough game. It's a lot of contact. It's a lot of wear and tear on your body. You've got…

— John Urschel

My heritage is something that I have always been aware of, however, some would say that there is a disproportionately low number…

— Nathan Adrian

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew…

— J. J. Watt

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you…

— Dick Schaap

It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering…

— Sebastian Coe

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of…

— Damon Hill

Shaquille O'Neal was probably my favorite athlete growing up. I loved how dominant and unstoppable he was, but also his charisma off…

— Jahlil Okafor

I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even…

— Haven Kimmel

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

— Fred Perry

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I do not look back at what might have been. If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.

— Tiger Woods

As an athlete, there is no bigger compliment in my mind you can pay a guy when you say he can get…

— Johny Hendricks

Somewhere behind the athlete you have become, and hours if practice is a little girl who picked up a ball, fell in…

— Anonymous

Maybe it's the athlete in us all where you know you don't want to lie down and just take it.

— Rob Burrow

I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's…

— Jessica Simpson

Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.

— Red Auerbach

As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.

— Tom Brady

It's like athletes: To be a great company you need great competitors...It's what keeps you alive and keeps you honest.

— Craig R. Barrett

What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport.

— Jack Nicklaus

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results…

— Libby Trickett

I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.

— Kate Voegele

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.

— Yanni

There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work…

— Lolo Jones

What does being an athlete mean? It means I have to be a little selfish again. I have to put my career…

— Johny Hendricks

Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour…

— George A. Sheehan

We amateur athletes are peculiarly devoted to our fitness, and our obsessions can sometimes be a burden to our loved ones and…

— Peter Sagal

It's about being a student-athlete, and not just getting that easy money and going to the league.

— Jameis Winston

Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population--and usually as homosexuals.

— Billie Jean King

As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.

— Tony Romo

When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I will always take on a new challenge. I believe in jumping off the ship every now and then. If you don't,…

— Baron Broers Alec Broers

Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game.

— Bill Bradley