There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important. — Bill Shoemaker Copy Share Image
You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives! — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on. — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows. — Olga Korbut Copy Share Image
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power… — Angela Ruggiero Copy Share Image
As a competitor and an athlete, you have to believe in yourself. And you have to believe in the people who believe… — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape… — Nadia Comaneci Copy Share Image
One of the most important qualities for any young athlete is the ability to believe in oneself. If you have confidence in… — Chuck Knox Copy Share Image
The values learned on the playing field-how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay… — Donna de Varona Copy Share Image
The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I… — Fran Tarkenton Copy Share Image
They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour… — Babe Didrikson Zaharias Copy Share Image
What's not realized about good novelists is that they're as competitive as good athletes. They study each other - where the other… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
As an athlete you want to be able to choose something that you haven't already achieved. Is it different distances, or do… — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the… — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
So many people get caught up in being a pro athlete and think they are better. I don't feel like I've ever… — Carson Palmer Copy Share Image
Basketball is at its best when you have athletes in space making plays. It's the same for soccer, you have great athletes… — Shane Battier Copy Share Image
One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
It's a common myth that athletes and other highly active people need the protein from meat and dairy to fuel their activities… — Sharon Gannon 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
This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200… — Bill Bowerman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, professional athletes say, 'I'm not a role model; I'm an athlete.' I don't mind being a role model… — Bobby Lashley Copy Share Image
When someone is in a state of flow, that person's brain is not thinking about anything - it's just processing things through… — Kevin Maney Copy Share Image
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
