I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
The sport has changed so much since 2004, it's incredible. If you look even at me, the way I'm fencing now compared… — Mariel Zagunis Copy Share Image
When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up. — Orel Hershiser Copy Share Image
Sport is quite a simple thing. It is play, and in play, people of all ages find the chance to engage their… — Timothy Shriver Copy Share Image
I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but… — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard. The thrill of competing carries… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over. — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which… — Alberto Salazar Copy Share Image
As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio. — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That's not an issue. But I think that is the… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it. — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort. — Elgin Baylor Copy Share Image
The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Anytime an athlete deals with an injury, it forces you to revaluate and refocus. — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
My high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones,… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
