Athlete Quotes · Page 27

I'm a professional athlete, I'm a businesswoman and I know who I am.

— Joanna Jedrzejczyk

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

— Katarina Witt

An athlete needs to maintain a proper diet.

— Zico

Reading for writers is like training for athletes.

— Linda Sue Park

There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.

— MyKayla Skinner

Get going. Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race.

— Ron Hill

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

— Michael Johnson

Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.

— Jon Bon Jovi

When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride.

— Ron Delany

Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.

— Rick Pitino

Being vegan doesn't make you a stronger, better athlete. But it allows you to make yourself a stronger, better athlete.

— Brendan Brazier

I'm not a great athlete that can play any sport. But one thing I could always do is... fight back.

— B. J. Penn

The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.

— Steven Pressfield

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

— Eric Shanteau

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

— Arthur Lydiard

The colors I use may clash or vibrate against one another but this is done intentionally.

— Frank Bruno

The press still considers me one of the most laid-back athletes since Babe Ruth. That's supposed to be a criticism, but I…

— Fred Couples

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in…

— Dante Hall

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and…

— Chuck Norris

I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many…

— Alberto Salazar

When you grow up in life and you're poor, and because you're an athlete or you got rich overnight in music, unless…

— Steve Stoute

So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it…

— Julius Erving

I don't want to just be an athlete. I kind of obsess on that sometimes. I don't want my son to be…

— Carmelo Anthony

I've always been more of the athlete in my family, but Bella [Hadid] is just good at - when she needs buckle…

— Gigi Hadid

The Greek in me wanted to know what it felt like to pull an oar. The intellectual wondered about how to get…

— Barry S. Strauss

(About importance of focusing on one sport at a time) I've never tried to do that, we have more of a holistic…

— Trey Hardee

Ted Seabrooke, my wrestling coach, had a kind of Nietzschean effect on me in terms of not just his estimation of my…

— John Irving

I never really knew what it meant, to win, until one day I was flying on the Phoenix Suns airplane, the team…

— Rush Limbaugh

Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the…

— Mindy Kaling

The ban doesn't have anything to do with Livestrong or my ability to work in [the cancer] community. Perhaps it speeds it…

— Lance Armstrong

I came out as a gay as I have earned myself respect as an athlete. I have only lost 2 out of…

— Orlando Cruz

I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see…

— Harbhajan Singh

It's in my blood to be an athlete, to be a hockey player.

— Jack Hughes

It truly takes a village to become a professional athlete.

— Zach Ertz

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

— Jim Valvano

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

— Pierre de Coubertin

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

— Bill Shoemaker

“There was no 'I' in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.”

— Jennifer Lane

If you are an athlete, you probably love to sweat.

— Alex Morgan

I think of myself as a complete person, not just a football player and athlete.

— Chris Long