I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see… — Cathy Freeman Copy Share Image
When you're young, you don't know what you don't know, so it's easier to get into that magical thing. — Greg Rusedski Copy Share Image
When you're successful, a professional athlete, you can help a lot of others. — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
I've seen young men in college going into the NFL and then bite the cheese that's in the trap. They'll throw you… — Eddie George Copy Share Image
To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not. — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics… — Joey Reiman Copy Share Image
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
I'm proud of my body, I'm proud of my sport, I'm proud of being a female athlete. — Ali Krieger Copy Share Image
A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator,… — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I've been an athlete all my life. I was a competitive figure skater, and then when I realized skating was not an… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Recently I donated money to the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Foundation in Louisville. I regard that as a kind of payback.… — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
There isn't a professional athlete that doesn't want to play 12, 13 years. — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
Every runner has a specific motivation and inspiration for running a marathon. This year, all 36,000 of us will 'run together' to… — Meb Keflezighi Copy Share Image
The water here in Cardiff is much easier than in London, so for us it is more relaxing paddling here. This race… — Pavol Hochschorner Copy Share Image
In a country that never wins anything: in Canada, if one of our athletes so much as makes the final in a… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Being a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride. — Ron Delany Copy Share Image
