Athletes Quotes · Page 8

I have lots of athletes in my family and they showed me how to waterski - slalom, barefoot - all that stuff.

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining…

— Kobe Bryant

A lot of athletes are stuck on themselves and don't want to socialize and that kind of thing. When I see that,…

— Mark Henry

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

— Lisa Guerrero

Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.

— Mark Rippetoe

Female athletes, women in sports, need to be highlighted all the time.

— Breanna Stewart

“the school’s administration favored athletes, making excuses for them while coming down hard on others for lesser offenses.”

— Sue Klebold

When you're young, you do dumb things. I just can't understand why some other athletes never were extended that same excuse.

— Jemele Hill

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play…

— Lou Holtz

As athletes, we're defined by what we've accomplished. Those are what most people remember and what you get paid for. But I…

— Dan O'Brien

One of my favorite topics to read about my whole life has just been famous athletes, and a lot of those have…

— Ben Askren

When I started out there weren't even contracts for players and now all the girls on the team are full-time professional athletes,…

— Ellyse Perry

It's been a privilege to get to watch one of sports greatest athletes prepare and get to play with him; honestly... it's…

— Julian Edelman

Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when…

— Jim Courier

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters…

— Major Taylor

“The modesty of the athletic body which is contented with its perfection You could limit your human existence to filling your shape…

— Pierre Drieu la Rochelle

All the athletes have a place to put our feet up in between events, and as soon as I get back, while…

— Mat Fraser

I've been coaching the sport for a number of years. And I went through many athletes. Some athletes stay with your program…

— Liang Chow

Whether we like it or not, we are high-profile athletes. We're role models. Kids come up to me all the time to…

— Jonathan Vilma

Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual…

— Jeffrey Kluger

I do identify with Olympic athletes quite a lot because they have to push to reach a certain plateau and some of…

— Lawrence Jordan

Doing nothing would stress me out. So I am still pretty much active practicing judo with my friends, who are former judo…

— Joe Taslim

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a…

— David Stern

I was a runner and a soccer player living in Okinawa, Japan and I didn't have recruiters coming in to recruit me…

— Kristin Armstrong

Supporting black professional athletes was taken seriously in my home.

— Clint Smith

Good athletes will be there at good competitions, but I don't think about them; I just think of bettering my own time.

— Hima Das

Professional athletes, like it or not, have a responsibility to the kids of America.

— Howie Long

But when you're cheating against your fellow athletes, that's something I can't forgive.

— Jimi Manuwa

I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.

— Lolo Jones

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

— Scott Speedman

Mick Jagger is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived, just for how much he puts into it onstage.

— Axl Rose

When I was a little kid, I don't remember looking up and seeing so many Hispanic athletes out there.

— Laurie Hernandez

All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.

— Brendan Foster

All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired.

— Sri Chinmoy

Just being with some of the best athletes in the world is a marvelous experience.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

I don't think I have whatever that thing is that makes some athletes bad with money.

— Iman Shumpert

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.

— Kim Clijsters

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.'

— Haile Gebrselassie

Very few athletes have the chance to be brought into the White House.

— Jimmie Johnson

Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.

— Mary Lou Retton