Athletes Quotes · Page 7

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

— Mary Lou Retton

Those athletes are not going to wear my headphones because I asked them.

— Jimmy Iovine

We don't need any help - the athletes and the coach don't want any help to win.

— Tite

I think it's a unique breed of athlete on the offensive line. We're built differently than a lot of other major athletes.

— Jason Kelce

Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it.

— Maurice Greene

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

— Angela Ruggiero

I am not going to tolerate players turning up unfit. They are professional athletes representing a country.

— Mickey Arthur

“The least successful athletes, those who have never won any victories, suddenly call themselves trainers.”

— J.C. McKeown

It's a must for us to get higher education since athletes seem to be contended with being good in training and in…

— Hidilyn Diaz

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their…

— Jemele Hill

To me, doing the Olympics in 1992 in Barcelona for NBC, just seeing the Dream Team take the floor, was a thrill…

— Marv Albert

I think there are a lot of people who say they want to be professional athletes, say they want to make millions…

— Pat Connaughton

Nothing gets under my skin more than when non athletes talk crap about their own school's teams, like you have no idea…

— Anonymous

I'm a Mormon. I don't do a lot of the off-the-field activities that athletes are known to do. And I guess I've…

— Jeff Kent

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy…

— Mike Piazza

For some, sport is just a short chapter of their lives so I am excited to help athletes develop many life skills…

— Scott Moir

People think that athletes have it great, and we do in a lot of regard, but universities make a hell of a…

— Chris Borland

Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. We all make…

— Tom Brady

I have never heard a doping offender say he felt good about doing it. Not a single one. Some athletes justify their…

— Travis Tygart

When I look at the great athletes, I think of the Kobes and the LeBrons and the Tom Bradys of the world,…

— Saquon Barkley

It's important for closet gay athletes everywhere, not just at the professional level, but more importantly athletes at the younger level in…

— Scott Fujita

I think a lot of people look at athletes in general and think they have everything figured out. They made it to…

— Anthony Rendon

You look at all the athletes who come out of high school and college into professional sports. And they hit it big,…

— Ted DiBiase Sr

Athletes can not look the same and be great in their individual sport. The example I like to use is Gabby Douglas.…

— Michelle Carter

The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

— D. B. Sweeney

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

— Mariah Carey

As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.

— Mirai Nagasu

The best of the best are in the Olympics, all of the athletes work hard to get there.

— Hidilyn Diaz

I don't have a problem with athletes speaking up, but I want to make sure before they speak up, they read up.

— Shannon Sharpe

After winning a medal, many athletes give up and go into oblivion, the reason being lack of encouragement.

— P. T. Usha

We can do a lot of different things as athletes - we can speak, we can mentor, we can coach.

— Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Athletes have their career for 15 years and you have to make the most of it because once it's over, it's over.

— George Russell

They are always open to come to South Korea and play, because we never reject North Korean athletes.

— Park Ji-sung

All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.

— Walter Payton

All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.

— Raul Lopez

As female athletes, we're all strong. We all have gone through something in our life that has helped shape us to where…

— Breanna Stewart

An athlete is not a robot, not a machine. Wellbeing of athletes is absolute necessary.

— Abhinav Bindra

Some college athletes don't want to turn pro, they don't want to take the cut in pay.

— Nipsey Russell

We're professional athletes, and we have moments where we step back, and we have to think and assess everything in life.

— Nick Foles

We're often portrayed as rich, spoiled athletes who play a game for too much money.

— David Duval