My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your… — Lynn Davies Copy Share Image
I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside. — Brett Favre Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than finishing second is to be lying on the desert alone with your back broken. Either way, nobody… — Henry Russell Sanders Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day.… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of… — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look… — Walter Payton Copy Share Image
The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Right before they named the (2014) team, I stepped back and I allowed myself to realize what I had accomplished. I got… — Kelly Clark Copy Share Image
As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
To chase an athlete that really doesn't want to speak with you and when you finally get him, gives you three words… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him. — George Steinbrenner Copy Share Image
The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I… — John Cena Copy Share Image
If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting. — Dick Vermeil Copy Share Image
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct… — Jim Thorpe Copy Share Image
For younger athletes - women, especially, if it's a male-dominated sport - I'd say be very careful to just be true to… — Helen Maroulis Copy Share Image
In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.… — Chrissie Wellington Copy Share Image
I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
