If athletics wasn't an option, I'd probably work at like a surf shop in Hawaii on the beach, just dishing out surf… — Danny Amendola Copy Share Image
There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
During a photo-call with fellow Olympic gold medallist Duncan Goodhew- Pity Steve Ovett didn't show up. Then we could have had the… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Physical perfection, working out, adds to your spiritual perfection if that is your intent. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet a lot of different… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best… — David Coleman Copy Share Image
I was cutting and threading pipe in the tunnels to get water into the shower rooms for athletics. I was repairing old… — Tom Baker Copy Share Image
“Look, girls. It is important to all of us that we win this game, right? Well, when it comes to athletics, boys… — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
Athletics is a great sport with many different events and athletes come in all shapes and sizes. I'm one of the smallest… — Jenny Meadows Copy Share Image
I can be whatever it takes to be a folksinger. Folk music to me, if we had to have a definition, is… — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I saw many people who begun their marathon races lately, but they eventually came up as top winners. I believe that your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If all the members of a team have synchronized their energy and they have all subordinated their egos to success of the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You always gotta continue to hunger. If you're gonna continue in any kind of industry whether music or the film industry or… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
“It is in experiencing and accepting the pain of defeat, that we may truly acknowledge the joy of victory.” — Andre Bramble Copy Share Image
In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
I didn't have the passion for athletics in that way, that there were other parts of me that felt under-served and that… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes… — Jennie Finch Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
After being impaled by a javelin, while officiating- I'm doing fine now, just resting and hanging around. — Jeremy Campbell Copy Share Image
One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If someone else runs faster than you or makes more money than you or is more adept at anything, that doesn't mean… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in… — Steve Mariucci Copy Share Image
I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
There's lots of people my age (and younger) that have grown up in chaotic environments and I just happen to be one… — Chris Kluwe Copy Share Image
In the game of Frisbee you throw the disk to someone else. The point of Frisbee is perfect communication. The person at… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Football, that's just athletics. But in the business world - doing everything - people are competing. So you need good work ethics,… — Herschel Walker Copy Share Image
I grew up in Mammoth Lakes, and they shot an episode up there, and I was hanging around when I was on… — Trevor Donovan Copy Share Image
I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to… — Bob Lilly Copy Share Image
It is a good idea to become involved with sports and athletics. It makes you strong. You need to be strong to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you… — Bob Richards Copy Share Image
There is no path I follow. I feel as if I'm just drifting along, because although I can progress physically, through my… — Steve Ovett Copy Share Image
When we take out school psychologists, truant officers, counselors, art, music, and athletics, and bring in the police, the school gets turned… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
