Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes. — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented. — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
I think a lot of our team commitment is a silent understanding that each one of us has poured our life into… — Claire Carver-Dias Copy Share Image
Before I go out on the field every day, I tell myself, 'You are having fun, and you want to set a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica A. Fox Copy Share Image
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
That's one of the biggest things as an athlete and as a player: you want to be where you're wanted, where you're… — Weston McKennie Copy Share Image
Competitiveness drives my blood. I'm an athlete at heart and I just love the competition. I can't live without it. It's just… — Sean Garrett Copy Share Image
People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of… — Patrick Ewing Copy Share Image
For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and… — Giles Duley Copy Share Image
After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Barry Sanders, by far. Not only one of my favorite Lions, but one of my favorite NFL athletes. It's all about highlights… — Nate Burleson Copy Share Image
The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc.… — Dick Ebersol Copy Share Image
As we all know, when you're an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn't mean that what was… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
I didn't want to fall back. But I realized it was more important to make it to the end under my own… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast,… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
There is something that can happen to every athlete and every human being; the instinct to slack off, to give in to… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next… — Jeff Schultz Copy Share Image
Russia always has been, and I hope always will be, one of the leading international sports countries. Our athletes still produce great… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against.… — Chrissie Wellington Copy Share Image
Whenever women have made any social gains, whether it's being accepted as athletes or moving into the professions, it's going to be… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image
There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say… — Johnny Bench Copy Share Image
To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. By involving children in the fun… — Digger Phelps Copy Share Image
Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House. — Jimmie Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
Men sometimes seem more ready to accept women as brain surgeons than as athletes. — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort. — Bud Wilkinson Copy Share Image
No actually I don't. I play real sports, not tryin to be the best at exercising. — Danny Mcbride Copy Share Image
As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. — Nadia Comaneci Copy Share Image
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