I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your… — Hannah Kearney Copy Share Image
I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing.… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I don't think that the Olympic games are a good place to bring up any political issues because it should be about… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
If you don't eat right as an athlete, you'll get tired and won't be as sharp. It's simple to drink sodas and… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I… — Hermann Maier Copy Share Image
Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the… — Nastia Liukin Copy Share Image
Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Tom Brady blew me away. Who's the most famous athlete of our generation: Tom Brady? LeBron? Messi? Ronaldo? Serena Williams? Maybe I… — Chris Long Copy Share Image
I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I've been a professional athlete, I've directed films, I've run a company with 150 employees, and nothing compares to writing a screenplay.… — Stacy Peralta Copy Share Image
I can't give other people what I've not experienced to some extent myself. It sharpens your game and also, like any athlete,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
The way in which sports focuses more on the peccadilloes, lives and putative personalities of athletes and less on the finer points… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I came back late last night at the Athlete's Village so I'm a little bit surprised about my time this morning. It's… — Katerine Savard Copy Share Image
But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
It is very discouraging to be in a team with white athletes. On the track you are Tommie Smith, the fastest man… — Tommie Smith Copy Share Image
The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date… — William C. Rhoden Copy Share Image
You're not going to tell me that you're going to find a person who's not a very good athlete and he or… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what… — John Smith Copy Share Image
Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
I have always seen myself as an athlete. Of course, I made the mistake of unintentionally opening the door to my private… — Oliver Kahn Copy Share Image
To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car… — Geoffrey Boycott Copy Share Image
There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
society has no qualms about a masseuse who is paid for touching people, or about laborers, or professional athletes or dancers, all… — Sydney Biddle Barrows Copy Share Image
I drink during every show. I can't remember the last show I did completely sober. It works for me. I use it… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models… It's not like it was when… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Dusty Rhodes was a great athlete. Actually, he was a baseball player as well. He played football but he played baseball. That… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I have never heard a doping offender say he felt good about doing it. Not a single one. Some athletes justify their… — Travis Tygart Copy Share Image
Israel is one of the easiest places to play ball. When I say easy I am referring to the easy lifestyle an… — Michael Kennedy Copy Share Image
Every athlete has training they enjoy and training that they do because they have to and they don't enjoy so much. Do… — Alistair Brownlee Copy Share Image
I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was so small, I wasn't even going to go back out for my junior year. But my mom and dad sat… — Mark Buehrle Copy Share Image
Baseball people think they can find athletes with good bodies and teach them to play baseball. What's wrong with giving someone who… — Marcus Giles Copy Share Image
I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
You can no longer just be a good sailor. You have to be an incredible athlete as well. Having said that, you… — James Spithill Copy Share Image
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