When I was competing I didn't have a nutritionist. It wasn't something that British athletics offered back then. — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
I have only ever done athletics. I was only average at school and I have never done any other sport. — Eliud Kipchoge Copy Share Image
I think the one thing that athletics prepared me for thats been more beneficial than anything has been the humbling times. — Geoff Stults Copy Share Image
When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's… — Lauren Fleshman Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
This is a young man who is only 25, and you have to say, her has answered every question that has ever… — David Coleman Copy Share Image
There should ideally be a synthetic track in every district. Athletics is tough, and needs more support. — P. T. Usha Copy Share Image
Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition. — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
“after all these programs and scholarships, after all the work done by organized athletics at all levels, the number of boys actually… — Anthony M. Esolen Copy Share Image
Drawing on impressive achievements in academics and athletics as well as his own personal disappointments and challenges, Jordan provides students with a… — Hyrum W. Smith Copy Share Image
Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest… — Zola Budd Copy Share Image
The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Some might frown on American bravado but in athletics I have come to favour the American way; that bold self-belief is what… — Justin Rose Copy Share Image
Eternity becomes more beautiful as we age, if we age well. If we age poorly, then we don't improve our minds; we… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think as an athlete, especially in a sport like athletics, we don't wear very much on the track, so you have… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere. Your ability to win is dependent upon the power of your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Title IX is important. Women have made incredible gains in athletics, but does Brittney Griner have a chance in the post against… — Sean Evans Copy Share Image
Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think the very best thing you can do is observe what makes you stronger and what makes you weaker. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have always sensed the exhilaration and independence of being self-propelled. Besides, you can jog while pushing a baby carriage. Maybe I'm… — Nina Kuscsik Copy Share Image
We must respect the rights and properties of our fellowman. And then learn to play the game of life, as well as… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
When you can become completely impassive in play, then you become fluid and completely unpredictable. No one knows, including yourself, what you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
You are trying to pierce the veil, to break through the Frisbee so that it doesn't exist, to break through the football… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Training is one of the most neglected phases of athletics. Too much time is given to the development of skill and too… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Use the practice of mind and body; in order to make those moves perfectly, you have to pull your mind out of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Being healthy isn't about inches, pounds, or how kids look - it's about how they feel and making sure they feel good… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Participating in athletics gives all students an opportunity to learn about themselves, to compete, to negotiate with a team and learn skills… — Miguel Cardona Copy Share Image
Linus Pauling would have us believe and perhaps correctly, that enough vitamin C will have us live another 20 or 30 years,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you're happy, your immune system is at its strongest point. And when you think negatively, or when you hate, or allow… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
Writing is a little athletic for me. I get worked up a little bit when I do it. So I guess I'm… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
During my early days as a sportsman and early career as a policeman, things were tight. In athletics I competed as an… — Geoff Capes Copy Share Image
On the day I was signed, Mr. Finley, the owner of the Athletics at that time came up to me and said,… — Catfish Hunter Copy Share Image
We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics,… — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
