Athletes Quotes · Page 10

Athletes get emotional over sports all the time because its not just a game, it's life.

— Maria Micah Rosales

In the early 1980s, top athletes hardly got the kind of exposure needed.

— P. T. Usha

The greatest athletes in the world play in the NHL there is no question about that.

— Joe Bowen

Never let your fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

— Anonymous

In athletics there are so many great elite athletes who look like me, so it was easy to fall into.

— Kadeena Cox

It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes.

— Jordyn Wieber

Most pro athletes are super competitive, super clutch, and they don't want to lose at anything.

— Phil Hellmuth

I had the opportunity to run up and down the court with the greatest athletes in the world.

— Tim Donaghy

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should…

— Billy Kennedy

Some of the greatest athletes in the world play this game. Sometimes, you make plays, sometimes, they make plays. That's what happens.

— Darrelle Revis

Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to…

— Emmitt Smith

Most athletes won't push a sport forward unless they have the incentive to do so - let alone when the structures of…

— Tara Lipinski

There are so many world-class athletes who are great at their sport, but they're so boring. They don't talk, and they can't…

— Eddie the Eagle

People get confused with athletes, especially ultimate competitors. They think they are the same on and off the field. Once you see…

— Jalen Ramsey

The athletes are still out competing the same as a Division I team, and I think we've done a good job of…

— Cat Osterman

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 a 20-something-year-old athlete and you're getting a six-figure check every week, you're not thinking about next week. You're not thinking,…

— Michael Strahan

Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you…

— Taufik Hidayat

No matter how little we think anatomy should matter to one's social and political rights, surely we can't pretend biology doesn't matter…

— Alice Dreger

When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn…

— Dorothy Hamill

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at…

— Arne Duncan

I think it's up to the rest of us to try to create that environment where those closeted athletes out there know…

— Jason Collins

Once you start worrying about a national football championship, then you begin to worry about getting the quality of athlete, and the…

— Derek Bok

We can find athletes. The biggest challenge is personality. It's finding charisma. In most sports, they tell you to turn down the…

— Triple H

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.

— Charles C Noble

The NFL is the best athletes in the world with the best work ethic.

— Carl Nassib

To me, the travel is part of the business, it's what we do as athletes.

— Jozy Altidore

“Life isn't about how comfortable I can be it is about learning how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable”

— Heather Gillis

Books changed my perception about the sacrifices we make as athletes.

— P. R. Sreejesh

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

— Linford Christie

It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult.

— Anne Donovan

As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit.

— Mary Pilon

As athletes, we have ups and downs. Unfortunately, you can't pick the days they come on.

— Deena Kastor

You don't want athletes who are as dry as a bone, you don't want to turn your TV on and see someone…

— Dereck Chisora

I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.

— Earl Campbell

Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models.

— Adam Rippon

I want soccer to be a stable profession that attracts young female athletes when they graduate from college.

— Christen Press

My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who…

— Tyson Gay

Athletes today get into a single-minded, one sport routine. I can't stand it.

— Jack Nicklaus

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

— Dave Beard