Athlete Quotes · Page 36

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that…

— Oscar Robertson

As a football player, as an athlete, as a competitor - that dream of being able to play in the Super Bowl,…

— Chris Hogan

I always wanted to be a professional athlete and really did not necessarily care which sport.

— Mardy Fish

I'm excited to work with SCARPA because it's opened up a whole new playground to me as an athlete.

— Lynsey Dyer

As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could…

— Magic Johnson

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

— Said Aouita

There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.

— Anonymous

You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating…

— Greg Rusedski

You can't control what the other athlete is going to do; you can't control anything except for your competition and how you…

— Michael Johnson

To me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill…

— Marv Albert

If you want to run for president, you better be an athlete. It's 24/7. It never ends. You give up your personal…

— Dick Gephardt

We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events…

— Jessica Ennis

I became immersed in the cult of improvisation. I was like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It…

— Tina Fey

Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy and self-possessed only when cavorting around, doing their…

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to…

— Roger Bannister

Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.

— Frank Bruno

If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.

— Renato Canova

I like to think I defied the odds my entire life, definitely my entire athletic career.

— Aljamain Sterling

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

— Michael Phelps

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it,…

— George A. Sheehan

I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an…

— Gene Kelly

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

— Jack Wilshere

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do

— Summer Sanders

I was an athlete in college - a quarterback, a leader - so people telling me what to do doesn't work.

— Rakim

You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all…

— Jim Bouton

I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile…

— Dean Smith

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of…

— Brian McKnight

I try to take the approach that everyone really is an athlete at some level. I mean, we were all on the…

— Gunnar Peterson

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We…

— Linford Christie

If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think…

— Pele

I'm a Gatorade athlete because dance is being recognized as a sport now. It always should have been, but now it is.…

— Stephen Boss

I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of…

— Erick Barrondo

As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.

— Ronda Rousey

I know I've made huge gains in my confidence, and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has…

— Libby Trickett

While most students were trying to draw one beautiful finished piece, I would be in the background drawing dozens of studies at…

— Anonymous

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to…

— Carson Palmer

I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my…

— Shaquille O'Neal

If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just…

— Lynn Davies

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

— George Steinbrenner