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title: "18 Athletes Don Quotes by 18 authors"
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> [Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candace-parker/male-athletes-don-t-get-dropped-when-they-father-kids/)

[Candace Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candace-parker/)

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> [Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magic-johnson/athletes-don-t-like-to-get-up-early-but-it-never-bothered-me/)

[Magic Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magic-johnson/)

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> [Pro athletes don't even practice as much as college players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cris-collinsworth/pro-athletes-don-t-even-practice-as-much-as-college-players/)

[Cris Collinsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cris-collinsworth/)

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> [There are some athletes who don't like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dutee-chand/there-are-some-athletes-who-don-t-like-me/)

[Dutee Chand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dutee-chand/)

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> [Athletes don't play competitions to go in there and say we want to get second place, or third. We want to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/weston-mckennie/athletes-don-t-play-competitions-to-go-in-there-and-say-we-want-to/)

[Weston McKennie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/weston-mckennie/)

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> [Some college athletes don't want to turn pro, they don't want to take the cut in pay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nipsey-russell/some-college-athletes-don-t-want-to-turn-pro-they-don-t-want-to-take/)

[Nipsey Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nipsey-russell/)

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> [People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-kuzma/people-don-t-really-understand-how-important-our-voices-are-i-think/)

[Kyle Kuzma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-kuzma/)

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> [The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/the-decathlon-takes-so-long-to-learn-that-people-who-are-good/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

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> [I see a lot of athletes that don't really use social media, or they're saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-embiid/i-see-a-lot-of-athletes-that-don-t-really-use-social-media-or-they-re/)

[Joel Embiid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-embiid/)

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> [Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-tinley/many-dedicated-endurance-athletes-don-t-need-to-be-told-what-to-do/)

[Scott Tinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-tinley/)

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> [Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-toomey/too-many-athletes-don-t-have-the-ability-to-set-a-goal-and-then/)

[Bill Toomey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-toomey/)

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> [Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/athletes-don-t-have-much-use-for-poking-around-in-their-childhoods/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It might take a while but I think the rap game is the people that can do it. We're all role models…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakim/it-might-take-a-while-but-i-think-the-rap-game-is-the-people-that-can/)

[Rakim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rakim/)

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> [That's the neat thing about the Olympics - so many of these athletes, they don't make a ton of money, they train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-foudy/that-s-the-neat-thing-about-the-olympics-so-many-of-these-athletes/)

[Julie Foudy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-foudy/)

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> [Not everyone has a whole country that follows them, that doesn't happen all of the time. Even some of the greatest athletes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-atlas/not-everyone-has-a-whole-country-that-follows-them-that-doesn-t/)

[Teddy Atlas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-atlas/)

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> [I was a runner and a soccer player living in Okinawa, Japan and I didn't have recruiters coming in to recruit me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-armstrong/i-was-a-runner-and-a-soccer-player-living-in-okinawa-japan-and-i-didn/)

[Kristin Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-armstrong/)

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> [It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That's not an issue. But I think that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-federer/it-is-always-in-my-mind-still-that-i-can-crush-anybody-that-s-not-an/)

[Roger Federer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-federer/)

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> [You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kessel/you-must-allow-your-players-to-become-the-athletes-they-can-be-don-t/)

[John Kessel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kessel/)

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