Athlete Quotes · Page 43

We have the can-do factor, and us doing what we do I think inspires people to just try that little bit harder,…

— Lee Pearson

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.

— Adam Richman

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I don't want to say that when you're an athlete, you take things for granted, but you do. We're supposed to go…

— Channing Frye

Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top.

— Joyce Meyer

To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow…

— Picabo Street

I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.

— Barry Humphries

I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.

— Albert Pujols

The holidays are important, but the path I've chosen doesn't take that into consideration. I do what I can to enjoy them,…

— Brittany Bowe

You can't abuse your body and you need to work hard on your weaknesses. Everyone likes to focus on the things they…

— Pat LaFontaine

I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top…

— Paul Stanley

I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing…

— Johnny Weir

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't…

— David Cone

I am much more wired to be an athlete than anything else. I understand the 'hard work = payoff' equation in sports.…

— Kirk Acevedo

Our children, our grandchildren, our students, our young athletes. We need to be pouring leadership principles into them constantly, and teaching, and…

— Pat Williams

I think imperfection is beauty. Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I've learned to love them. I don't even think of…

— Aly Raisman

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

— Leigh Steinberg

The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay…

— Cathy Freeman

I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

— Tom Osborne

I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

— Kobe Bryant

If any athlete is doing well, then it's the responsibility of the government to support the athlete.

— Dutee Chand

Definitely if you're an athlete, you're gonna be having all the baseball fame you can have. That's the great thing about baseball…

— John Leguizamo

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

— George J. Mitchell

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

— Steve Carlton

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

— Clara Hughes

It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what…

— Lance Armstrong

I've been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I've prevailed through it.

— Tito Ortiz

Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.

— Harry S. Truman

Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.

— Mia Hamm

The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.

— Bob Costas

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

— Anonymous

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was…

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

— Edwin Moses

I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that…

— W. Bruce Cameron

I don't think anybody could understand what its like to be an athlete at Harvard University.

— Cris Collinsworth

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Maybe you can't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.

— Fran Tarkenton

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

— Eric Heiden

I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up…

— Victor Cruz

Support the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do.

— Don Kardong