Athletes Quotes · Page 5

We as athletes want to be validated by your peers.

— Jared Dudley

College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

— Ruby Wax

Rugby and wrestling are sports for real athletes.

— Cesaro

There are so many other way more popular athletes than me.

— Tony Gonzalez

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.

— Haile Gebrselassie

I love watching athletes do their best at the highest level.

— Francisco Lindor

Dancers are both athletes and artists.

— Margot Fonteyn

I like to take on athletes who have issues with me.

— Skip Bayless

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance.

— Bill Toomey

A lot of female athletes only have time off when they injure themselves.

— Liz Cambage

Ray Sefo is a former K-1 guy that I've always respected. He knows how to take care of athletes.

— Fabricio Werdum

A lot is expected from athletes but we need good coaches as well.

— Milkha Singh

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

— Haile Gebrselassie

We get a lot of athletes we've come across who've identified themselves as big fans: actors, actresses, athletes.

— Steve Harwell

My athletes always follow my advice... unless it conflicts with what that they want to do.

— Lou Holtz

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

— Hope Solo

As athletes, it's our responsibility to help. It's easy for us to go out and affect people's lives in so many different…

— Mike Conley Jr

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to…

— Carson Palmer

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a…

— Robbie Lawler

You are worth so much more than points on a scoreboard or wins vs. losses. The best athletes I know are also…

— Jimmy Moody

Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we…

— Naveen Jain

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who…

— Billy Baldwin

Many times, we athletes have a camera in front of us and in many cases a lot of people with that same…

— Manu Ginobili

There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if…

— Roy Nelson

It's not just any sport. It's not just throwing a ball, hitting, and running. I live with the cheering of my teammates…

— Anonymous

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that's all you…

— Lou Holtz

I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were…

— Terry Crews

“A good team was simply a group of very disparate athletes who assembled each day from radically different lives and—with luck—for one…

— David Halberstam

I think the biggest thing is people forget that we're these crazy athletes with these athlete bodies and stuff, but it's just…

— Hilary Knight

I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever…

— Alberto Salazar

Seeing the intensity and power she brings to the game, it's hard to imagine her being anything but single-minded in pursuing tennis.…

— Don Yaeger

Becoming a coach has to be in your blood. There are hundreds and thousands of former athletes out there, but there are…

— Joe Taslim

Shaq and Muhammad Ali's my favorite two athletes of all time.

— Martellus Bennett

Nowadays, the difference between athletes is really small, and if you can get an edge, why not take it.

— Sue Bird

As professional athletes, we're used to inspiring the next generation, people who are younger than us.

— Jason Collins

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

— Adam Richman

The most important thing to me is to inspire all these athletes in the next generation.

— Tobin Heath

As athletes, it is our responsibility to be role models. But we are not superheroes.

— Marcelo

The WNBA is constantly called the best league in the world, yet we don't get treated like the best athletes in the…

— Liz Cambage

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

— Clara Hughes