Athlete Quotes · Page 14

The true athlete should have character, not be a character

— John Wooden

I'm not a woman that's an athlete! I'm an athlete!

— Skylar Diggins

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

— Willie Stargell

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

— Bobby Knight

Athletes today get into a single-minded, one sport routine. I can't stand it.

— Jack Nicklaus

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

— John Wooden

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

— Bonnie Bassler

To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

— Bill Bowerman

I've always tried to be a complete athlete and not limit myself to one position or one sport. It really helped mold…

— Christian McCaffrey

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important.

— Tony Dungy

Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.

— St. Jerome

I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble…

— Venus Williams

No actually I don't. I play real sports, not tryin to be the best at exercising. -Kenny Powers

— Eastbound And Down

I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want…

— Johnny Weir

I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete. I don't have anything against him personally. But he's not the…

— Ronda Rousey

Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.

— Mason Cook

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic,…

— Serena Williams

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an…

— Johnny Weir

I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a…

— Arthur Lydiard

I think you can just go out and try to be the best you can be, deal with people with respect, with…

— Tom Brady

We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and…

— Linford Christie

A worker in the rural reconstruction must have: The body of an athlete The attitude of a teacher The mind of a…

— Y. C. James Yen

It's something I deal with to this day, a fear of falling back into that darkness. I see athletes go through a…

— Clara

I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete.…

— Carl Lewis

You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things…

— Ernest Gaines

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

Russia always has been, and I hope always will be, one of the leading international sports countries. Our athletes still produce great…

— Vladimir Putin

“She clung to the game the way a person clings to a post when a storm threatens to blow him away. And…

— Haruki Murakami

To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. By involving children in the fun…

— Digger Phelps

I'm not angry. As an athlete ... you should be open to criticism, and you're allowed to be criticized, because not everybody…

— Roger Federer

I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm…

— Wayne Gretzky

I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets…

— Michael Weatherly

Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

— Don King

As an athlete, proper warm up and recovery are a part of my daily routine.

— Ja Morant

I don't think forcing an athlete to stay in school does anything for the athlete.

— Jay Williams

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

— Cathy Rigby

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

— Shawn Johnson

When I get the ball in my hands I'm a different type of athlete.

— Travis Kelce

There isn't a professional athlete that doesn't want to play 12, 13 years.

— Jason Collins

It means a lot to be accepted as an athlete as I have and I can be myself.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco