Athletes Quotes · Page 9

In Beijing when the Chinese athletes had a massive roar that gave me a buzz pretending they were shouting for me.

— Ellie Simmonds

So many athletes who have been close to me have been everything to me.

— Omari Hardwick

Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. —

— Marv Dunphy

I meet athletes from different backgrounds and see they share the same mentality and process as other athletes in other sports.

— Shannon Sharpe

“Well-trained athletes have an easier time achieving flow because they are less physically self-conscious.”

— Fitzgerald Matt

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

— Armstrong Williams

Personally, I love athletes on Twitter. I think it gives them an opportunity to engage and show some of their personality.

— Jemele Hill

There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their…

— Dolph Lundgren

'Suena' is what the essence of the Olympics are about. There are the best athletes in the world up on one stage.…

— Jencarlos Canela

Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship…

— Dick Devenzio

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love,…

— Jeffrey Osborne

Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because…

— Anika Noni Rose

Athletes are people too, we go through a lot of things, but it all became easier when there was someone who could…

— Hidilyn Diaz

This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love.

— Meg Cabot

Unfortunately, I think there's not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that…

— Landon Donovan

Most college athletes are obsessed with getting to the pros, and many of them have proved they will do anything to get…

— Jemele Hill

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

“Athletes, we were supposed to just be there, and in class I made it a point that I was prepared for every…

— Lenny Wilkens

Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The…

— Linda Sanchez

Like most athletes, I like to go home and relax. I try not to bring the game home with me. I might…

— Nick Ferguson

I was on the national Pentathlon team for a few years, but there was no funding for athletes in Canada. I was…

— Kris Holden-Ried

I never thought that shoes would be the reason that you recruit players, but it's a factor. I think we need to…

— Rick Pitino

If an athlete takes a shortcut - literally, for example, by running a street that shortens the marathon route by a quarter…

— Don Kardong

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them…

— Vijender Singh

The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field.

— Jimmy Haslam

American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.

— Gordie Howe

The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.

— Daley Thompson

As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to…

— Landon Donovan

I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.

— Taufik Hidayat

Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts.

— Asafa Powell

I just think it's really great to see athletes painted in a picture that you don't usually get to see us in.

— Liz Cambage

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

— Yohan Blake

I think it's important for athletes to set a tone in a way that we're looking to build bridges.

— P.K. Subban

If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.

— Bobby Knight

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

— Landon Donovan

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

— Michael Waltrip

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

— Charlie Rose

There is a stigma around athletes, and I think the more that us as humans can do to break those, the better.

— Colton Underwood

I'm very familiar with World of Sport, some of the characters, and great athletes.

— Tony Khan

As professional athletes, we get pitched business or investment opportunities all the time, wherever we are.

— Rob Gronkowski