Athletes Quotes · Page 8

I am there for the athletes I coach.

— Linford Christie

If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that…

— Charlie Pierce

U.S. and Russia - both coach their athletes from the grassroots level on and provide scientific training.

— P. T. Usha

Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete.

— Elana Meyers

Finns love if their athletes do well, then they support.

— Valtteri Bottas

Where are the exhortations for children to reject the self-defeating stereotypes that reduce black people to violent, oversexed 'gangstas,' minstrel show comedians…

— Juan Williams

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

— Christen Press

We might not make what athletes in other sports make, but we have greater longevity and we do have certain freedoms to…

— David Duval

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can…

— Maurice Greene

The No. 1 downfall of athletes with money is bad investments.

— Matt Hughes

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

— Lisa Guerrero

Athletes are very cool to me.

— Regina King

I have to stay hydrated. It's very important for anyone, but especially athletes! We sweat a lot, and we need it.

— Serge Ibaka

“Muhammad Ali has a lot to answer for. When he lit the flame at the Atlanta Olympics there wasn't a dry eye…

— Michael Robotham

It's funny, because athletes want to be rockers and vice versa.

— Matt Willig

I'll do whatever I need to do to bring more athletes to the sport.

— Elana Meyers

As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.

— Landon Donovan

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

— Liz Cambage

One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the…

— Eddie Trunk

I have a huge interest in sports, and I study the way athletes operate throughout their careers.

— Ron Mael

Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this…

— Ban Ki-moon

Historically, companies haven't hesitated to end their relationships with professional athletes amid scandals.

— Mary Pilon

It's no surprise that optimistic athletes, managers and teams do better. What's interesting is where they do better. It's in coming back…

— Martin Seligman

We as athletes want to be validated by your peers.

— Jared Dudley

Feed me mooooooooooooooore

— Skip Shifield