Athlete Quotes · Page 38

Anybody who wants to compare Pele to any other athlete... do you know what I do? I hear but I don't listen.

— Tite

We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn't have…

— Jesse Owens

It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.

— Jesse Owens

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

— Bill Walton

I'm an athlete, but I'm not a runner. I'm 5-foot-8 and stocky - not exactly a runner's type.

— Andrew Lawrence

I want to be one of the greatest athletes ever to live, not only in track and field, but in all of…

— Usain Bolt

The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating…

— Eddie George

I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I…

— Dominique Dawes

An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a…

— Aimee Mullins

Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community.…

— Arthur Ashe

No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a…

— Yvon Chouinard

Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no…

— LeBron James

I'm a little worried because I've heard that Shaq has got, like, really fat. If he's going to go into WrestleMania bigger…

— Big Show

Russell Wilson knows who he is. He’s not a running quarterback, he’s not a throwing quarterback – he’s an athlete back there…

— Charles Woodson

Dancing is still the hardest profession. Gene Kelly said dancing is a man’s game Women have to do the same thing in…

— Mitzi Gaynor

The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the…

— Bruce Lee

These athletes can be considered the gods in certain ways and the fans can be considered parishioners.

— Michael Strahan

I wasn't really built for athleticism or speed, I always had to rely on my mind and my instincts.

— Jared Dudley

In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.

— Jean Driscoll

I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about…

— Wilford Brimley

I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.

— Jordan Burroughs

It is about what you do when nobody is watching. Can you always stay on your grind, or are you only a…

— Ian Warner

I am an athlete for Christ. That's why I play for Him, to give Him glory, to thank Him for giving me…

— Edinson Cavani

I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

— Ted Ligety

Being a musician - it's easier for me to date an athlete. There's too much competition [with a musician]. There's too much…

— Jessica Simpson

I feel that my advances in the business world will shatter a lot of white myths about black athletes-and give some pride…

— O. J. Simpson

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

— Tom Peters

Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do.

— Scott Tinley

The NCAA is one of the worst organizations - maybe the worst organization - in sports. They certainly don't care about the…

— Stan Van Gundy

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes…

— Junior Seau

If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants.

— Gene Stallings

“He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places.”

— Collette West

But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete. Either…

— Julia Quinn

My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing.

— Juli Inkster

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you…

— George A. Sheehan

I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

— Anonymous

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against…

— Dick Fosbury

I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

— Frank Bruno

I was a big kid and a big athlete, but let's be honest: I don't know diddly about football.

— Big Show