Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father. — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse. — Robin Cousins Copy Share Image
I have always thought of myself as an athlete - even at the ripe old age of 52. — Dennis Haysbert Copy Share Image
The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. — Tina Maze Copy Share Image
Much respect to Daniel Cormier, he's a hell of an athlete and hell of a champion. — Anthony Johnson Copy Share Image
It's an amazing life, don't get me wrong. But being a professional athlete, is... is not as glamorous as everybody sets it… — Zack Steffen Copy Share Image
When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established. — Shinzo Abe 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
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
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
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
I am the person you'll see everyday training when everyone else has gone home. I live for the one moment of glory… — Alexa Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I was a runner and a soccer player living in Okinawa, Japan and I didn't have recruiters coming in to recruit me… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
Fans and reporters, they don't get that ever since I was five, all I've done is competed against something. I always had… — Johny Hendricks Copy Share Image
My fitness inspiration has always been athletes, my whole life. Serena Williams is a great friend of mine and Ronda Rousey -… — Gigi Hadid Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity,… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
My mother is currently associating with some undesirables who are attempting to transform her into an athlete of sorts, deprave specimens of… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
“Muhammad Ali has a lot to answer for. When he lit the flame at the Atlanta Olympics there wasn't a dry eye… — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
I think I've always had the shots. But in the past, I've suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I'm starting to get… — Pele Copy Share Image
There's three things that as a professional athlete you want. You want to get to the big leagues, and I accomplished that.… — Albert Pujols Copy Share Image
MMA is in like the bare-knuckle era as where boxing once was. What it has to do is be given time to… — Rico Chiapparelli Copy Share Image
I believe that coaches and athletes should realize that the athletic department field, court or diamond can be made an extension of… — Phillip Shriver Copy Share Image
Whether I'm on the road or off the road it's really important for me mentally and physically. Physically, when I'm on the… — Erin Andrews Copy Share Image
My general rule, which I have followed throughout my coaching career, is that everyone doesn't necessarily get treated the same way, because… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top. — Herb Elliott Copy Share Image
My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain. — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
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