Athlete Quotes · Page 11

I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.

— Artie Lange

If you don’t have fun, it’s hard to do your best. It’s not going to be enjoyable.

— Kimmie Meissner

Attitude might be worth 80 percent of any athlete’s makeup.

— Erk Russell

Training is what you are doing while your opponent is sleeping in.

— Brian Owen

The greatest athletes in the world play in the NHL there is no question about that.

— Joe Bowen

My father is an athlete and I wish to be a hero like him.

— Roberto Carlos

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

— Lisa Guerrero

Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.

— Ray Lewis

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it

— John Wooden

The key to getting the record is running fast because someone else did not take it too crazy at the beginning, so…

— Bernard Lagat

As an athlete, as a person, you are looking for motivation wherever you can find it.

— Jason McCourty

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

I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage…

— Ted Ligety

It's a dream come true to be a Jordan Brand athlete and help carry this legacy forward to the next generation on…

— Deebo Samuel

The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I…

— John Cena

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He…

— Bobby Hull

At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I…

— Hermann Maier

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the…

— Nastia Liukin

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

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

I remember as a kid watching one of the Olympic games, and I was cheering for a big track athlete. He was…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a…

— Apolo Ohno

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

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

It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's…

— John Kessel

[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional…

— Robert A. Heinlein

I think it's interesting that a lot of times people want celebrities to give back in the way that they want them…

— Rhymefest

As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach…

— Brian J. White

Ideally we're going to stay at an American hotel. We just want to take every precaution. Because if you get sick out…

— Kerri Walsh

I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the…

— Ernest Hemingway

The main challenge is technology and that's something I really push and work closely with Adidas on. They're real leaders in sports…

— Stella McCartney

I never was a cheerleader. I'm an athlete. I'm probably not coordinated enough to be a cheerleader but that doesn't matter. I've…

— Shawna Robinson

I think that was a moment of cool panic there.

— Ron Atkinson

I'm very competitive both as an athlete and person.

— Roberto Bautista Agut

It's hard for an athlete to quit what he's done his whole life.

— Chuck Liddell

I'm a Christian who happens to be an athlete, not the other way around.

— Andre Ward

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

— Lou Holtz

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

— Serena Williams

It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes.

— Jordyn Wieber

You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.

— Herb Brooks