Athletes Quotes · Page 8

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

— Raul Lopez

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

— Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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

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

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

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

— Marv Albert

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

— Dick Devenzio

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

— Jencarlos Canela

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

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

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

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

— Anthony Rendon

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

— Michelle Carter

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

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

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

— Linda Sanchez

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

— Lenny Wilkens

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

— Breanna Stewart

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

— Lisa Guerrero

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

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

— Mark Rippetoe

Supporting black professional athletes was taken seriously in my home.

— Clint Smith

“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

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

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

— Haile Gebrselassie

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

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

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

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

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

— Laurie Hernandez