Athlete Quotes · Page 43

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models...

— Charles Barkley

Treat yourself like an overweight, out of shape person and that's what you will be. Why not train and treat yourself like…

— Chalene Johnson

“LOL could go and take a running jump. I wasn’t made for illiteracy; it simply didn’t come naturally.”

— Gail Honeyman

I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won't cry.…

— Noureddine Morceli

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

— Katarina Witt

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot…

— Linford Christie

Want to become a champion? Then build your successes on a solid foundation of failure!

— Jan Garavaglia

Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the…

— Tom Brady

I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of…

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move.…

— Marianne Williamson

I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts.…

— Ben Cross

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports…

— George Elliott Clarke

Pre-season was very challenging with the African Championships on my continent. Unfortunately, I failed to qualify for the Games there. It was…

— Benjamin Boukpeti

Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing…

— Nicole Haislett

The attention I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me. It's nice that people are accepting beautiful…

— Jennie Finch

Though Messi takes care of himself like a normal athlete, Ronaldo is unbelievable. It borders on sickness because he always wants to…

— Deco

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would…

— Dick Fosbury

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I…

— David Beckham

It's not just about a coach telling you what to do and just following it unthinkingly.

— Lynn Davies

It's easy to forget when you're an elite athlete that everyone else gets nervous as well. Even the best people in the…

— Leisel Jones

I'm an athlete. I play basketball and football and all that with a bunch of other men, but that doesn't impact me…

— Masego

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

— Yannick Noah

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

— Bill Rodgers

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us?

— Malcolm Gladwell

A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.

— Clay Guida

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and…

— Scott Caan

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

— Peggy Fleming

Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there.

— Kerri Walsh

Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the…

— Bryan Mosley

You realize as an athlete that there is a bit of a clock, and you don't want to look back on a…

— Pam Shriver

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

— Debi Thomas

I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.

— Michael Jordan

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an…

— Vera Wang

Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits

— Lance Armstrong

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for…

— Tom Seaver

I haven't been an athlete in school or college, though I have played basketball and football.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived…

— Roger Bannister

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

— Dave Beard

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were…

— Warren Moon

The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time.

— Michael Wilbon