Athlete Quotes · Page 47

I coach a few guys and they work very, very hard, but in our day we did it because we just loved…

— Linford Christie

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

— Olga Korbut

I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete…

— Anonymous

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power…

— Angela Ruggiero

You guys are just jealous because i'm a natural athlete and you can't cross the street without falling on your face." -(Bird)…

— Anonymous

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape…

— Nadia Comaneci

As a competitor and an athlete, you have to believe in yourself. And you have to believe in the people who believe…

— Tim Tebow

The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to…

— Claudio Reyna

I don't think there are many kids who sit around and want to be actors. I don't think there are many kids…

— Frank Deford

I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to…

— Serena Williams

I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the…

— Bronson Arroyo

When the meal was over we all had a quiet rest in our rooms and I meditated on the race. This is…

— Gordon Pirie

As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that…

— John Bingham

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not…

— Nigel Mansell

Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure…

— Lindsey Vonn

An athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers.

— Albert Azaryan

I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just…

— Tinie Tempah

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

— Michael Owen

Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.

— Hima Das

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

— Katarina Witt

I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

— Frank Bruno

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost…

— Pat Conroy

Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of…

— Linford Christie

Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.

— Marc Gasol

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in…

— Nigel Mansell

With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all…

— Daniel Radcliffe

The whole Miami Heat team is my least my favorite athlete. Why? Because they keep beating my Pacers.

— Mike Epps

The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

— Steve Young

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

— Barack Obama

People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

— Damon Hill

I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know,…

— Giorgio Armani

Thats the hard part about sport: as men we havent started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old…

— Boris Becker

I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

— Brett Favre

This is a business. I'm a professional athlete. This isn't, 'poke somebody and start a street fight.'

— Dustin Poirier

Perhaps I don't give the impression that I'm hurting on the track. But that is because I am animated by an interior…

— Noureddine Morceli

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

— Alberto Juantorena

In a country that never wins anything: in Canada, if one of our athletes so much as makes the final in a…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork…

— Bill Goldberg