Athlete Quotes · Page 45

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

— Deion Sanders

I've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up.

— Shaquille O'Neal

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety.…

— Damon Hill

I have never doped … I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more…

— Lance Armstrong

I've always been an outgoing guy. But I know as an athlete, I have an obligation to be a role model.

— Jared Dudley

Ive always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.

— Manu Bennett

There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet…

— James Joyce

The favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in archery is a legally blind athlete from South Korea, mainly because everyone else…

— Jimmy Fallon

Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit,…

— Roger Bannister

I want to be a professional athlete who plays for the love of the game, never quits trying to give my best…

— Alex Bregman

My sister was an athlete. Every time she came home during her break, I would accompany her. Initially, I took part in…

— Dutee Chand

Olympics are probably the most important thing for Russians than any other athletes in the whole world. Since I was a little…

— Alexander Ovechkin

The one thing about being an athlete, say you are struggling with throwing a comeback route, well, then you go out and…

— Troy Aikman

I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting…

— Damon Hill

Personally, I think SmackDown! has to be a little spicier than it is, a little more electrifying than it is. It's got…

— Dusty Rhodes

Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about…

— Allan Houston

Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take…

— Lynn Swann

I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

— Nigel Mansell

An athlete needs to run against the best in the world as often as possible to get into a groove quickly and…

— Colin Jackson

I'm a successful professional athlete, and whatever I'm going through in my private life would never impact my performance on court.

— Enes Kanter

I try to help my athletes visualize their full potential, and then get out of the way as they achieve it.

— Pat Roberts

100 percent, I'm a natural athlete. From when I was younger, I played so many different sports and I've got a competitive mindset.

— Anthony Yarde

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

— Lynn Davies

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment,…

— Roger Bannister

You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you…

— Ken Robinson

I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like…

— Jason Mraz

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to…

— Joakim Noah

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to…

— Prince Fielder

From my sketch files I'll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character's story.

— Frank Bruno

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have…

— Barry Bonds

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out…

— Florence Griffith Joyner

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing…

— Bob Gibson

[Yasuhiro] Yamashita is a respected judo master not only in Japan but across the world. To me, he is an example of…

— Vladimir Putin

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

— Mike Vallely

Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship…

— Dick Devenzio

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

— Don Zimmer

There are things about some professional athletes that I cannot stand-the pretense, the egos, the pomposity, the greed.

— Ted Simmons

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

— Anthony Horowitz

If I meet somebody and they ask me what position I play, I always just say an 'athlete' or that I do…

— Peyton Hillis

Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some…

— Haile Gebrselassie