Athlete Quotes · Page 48

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

— Roger Bannister

Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot.

— Uriah Hall

I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping.

— Jesse Owens

I'm not an athlete dater, really. I would get too jealous. They're really gone all the time. Different hotel rooms.

— Christine Teigen

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like…

— Dan O'Brien

The biggest learning is that an athlete needs to know when to stop. To know that if I push beyond this, there…

— Neeraj Chopra

Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.

— Rick Pitino

When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride.

— Ron Delany

Athletics is a great sport with many different events and athletes come in all shapes and sizes. I'm one of the smallest…

— Jenny Meadows

The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only…

— Jesse Owens

I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high…

— Megan Alexander

When I was younger if I was in someone else's shoes, if you saw a professional athlete you'd want to go up…

— DeAndre Yedlin

It's definitely got to be a daily thing. There's no formula to walking with God. There's no formula to having success as…

— Kelly Clark

“He was a professional athlete and coach, a Ferrari who lived his life in the fast lane. She was a girl-next-door kind…

— Emily March

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I…

— Lolo Jones

Do you need to train two hours a day? Probably not. The reason why my celebrity clients have to train two hours…

— Tracy Anderson

The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.

— Steven Pressfield

I'm not a great athlete that can play any sport. But one thing I could always do is... fight back.

— B. J. Penn

Being vegan doesn't make you a stronger, better athlete. But it allows you to make yourself a stronger, better athlete.

— Brendan Brazier

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

— Eric Shanteau

After any game you're going to get the love, the hate: That's just what comes with being a professional athlete.

— D'Angelo Russell

The colors I use may clash or vibrate against one another but this is done intentionally.

— Frank Bruno

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

— Arthur Lydiard

When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?

— Noureddine Morceli

Sure, everyone who knows me knows that I am the world's least athletic person ever to exist - but that doesn't mean…

— Becca Kufrin

I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.

— Nancy Greene

It is the dream of every athlete to qualify and compete in the Olympics and I am no different.

— Dutee Chand

For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the…

— Cathy Freeman

I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best…

— Arnold Palmer

That's one thing you can never go wrong as an athlete, try to connect with the fans.

— Serge Ibaka

I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

— Orel Hershiser

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

— Nikki Sixx

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen…

— Roger Bannister

The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players.

— Don Coryell

As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn't matter…

— Troy Dumais

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.

— Arjun Rampal

Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why…

— Libby Trickett

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

— Fred Perry

There is an entire culture out there built around siphoning money from an athlete, and the young men and women who come…

— Ray Allen