Athlete Quotes · Page 30

When it's time, when the UFC or Bellator really want the athlete, they will pay.

— Marlon Moraes

Coaching my own kid is driving both him and me crazy

— Jan Garavaglia

When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.

— Jim Brown

“Me, rope, speed and jumping was not a good mix.”

— Kristen Ashley

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

— Mariah Carey

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

— Lou Holtz

I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.

— Steve Largent

I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.

— Cris Cyborg

If you want to tell something to an athlete, say it quickly and give no alternatives. This is a game of winning…

— Paavo Nurmi

An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance…

— Radhanath Swami

When Armageddon comes, it would be good to be an Olympic athlete, because running real fast and jumping over stuff could come…

— Jack Handey

My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that…

— Cara Castronuova

As an athlete you've got to watch your hydration and your nutrition, and use the right kinds of fuel to help you…

— Derrick Brooks

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

— Bill Bradley

I tell people this all the time: I think Jason Peters is probably the best athlete I've ever seen play.

— Jason Kelce

When you're an athlete who has any notoriety and you make a major change, it's going to circulate and people are going…

— De'Aaron Fox

When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that…

— Linford Christie

I think the biggest shift for me is - this is going to sound like a wanky actor, but - getting in…

— Zoe Bell

In most sports they have a physical effect on your performance, in swimming only psychological. If you worry about what your rival…

— Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr

I'd love to have a lasting impact as far as growing the game. It would be cool to be remembered as a…

— Rickie Fowler

When I finished the Boston race in 1967, there were two things I wanted to do. I wanted to become a better…

— Kathrine Switzer

I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits.…

— David Nalbandian

Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've…

— Pat Toomay

I've come to the conclusion that athletes, when they say they miss the crowd, are not missing the sound of the crowd.…

— William Shatner

And she [Eleanor Roosevelt]loves being a star. And she loves being a teacher and a leader and a mentor and a big…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but…

— Jesse Owens

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in…

— Roger Angell

In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than…

— Peyton Manning

We know that for the last 300 or 400 years, the size of human bodies is growing. Now what happened is that…

— Garry Kasparov

I typically like to train with the mentality of a high-performance athlete. I put in the work and do what it takes…

— Kelly Rowland

First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have…

— Andre Agassi

Hillary Clinton said that her childhood dream was to be an Olympic athlete. But she was not athletic enough. She said she…

— Jay Leno

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.

— Michael Diamond

The way to stay popular as a quarterback in the NFL is never to play.

— Cliff Stoudt

As an athlete, player, anybody, you want to make shots.

— Austin Reaves

I don't know about politics so much. I'm a professional athlete.

— Khabib Nurmagomedov

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

— Keegan-Michael Key

You play with your soul as well as your body.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I wish falling out of the bed was a sport so I could claim to be athletic.

— Nikhil Saluja

I'm proud of my body, I'm proud of my sport, I'm proud of being a female athlete.

— Ali Krieger