I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself. — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face. — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States. — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I don't want the natural athlete -- I want a guy who'll go after the hard ones. — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
I would not change my career to be a pro athlete. A team could trade me and my band cannot! — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
As runners we all have the same challenges and share the same experience, with the goal to accomplish something and better ourselves. — Wilson Chebet Copy Share Image
There is only a relationship between music and sports because all athletes want to be rappers and all rappers want to be… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
I am in control. What athlete you know doesn't call the shots? I have the final say. — Vince Young Copy Share Image
It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago. — Michael East Copy Share Image
People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium… — Bobby Orr Copy Share Image
Anything, any job you want to do in the world, you have to put in the work, especially when it comes to… — Nikola Vucevic Copy Share Image
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important.… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I would have - I didn't really have to be an athlete. I could have been, you know - worked in fast… — Michael Oher Copy Share Image
Growing up in Harlem, I had the chance to practice with a Negro League team. At fifteen, I was over six feet… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
He was constantly on me about the job that I was to do and the responsibility that I had upon the campus.… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart,… — Louis Sabin Copy Share Image
Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it… — Dhani Jones Copy Share Image
Why can't we have a voice? What's the difference between an athlete having millions or Donald Trump? Every time a politician talks,… — Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Copy Share Image
Religions have found that if you behave in a certain way, if you sort of perform certain rituals that expand your mind… — Karen Armstrong 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
If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. Being feminine meant… — Martina Navratilova 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
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
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
As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning. — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
