--- title: "10 Life Athlete Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Life Athlete quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Life Athlete sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/giancarlo-esposito-8658_athlete_for-me-i-ve-lived-a-life-as-an-athlete-6_658119.png" --- > [For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giancarlo-esposito/for-me-i-ve-lived-a-life-as-an-athlete/) [Giancarlo Esposito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giancarlo-esposito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/giancarlo-esposito-8658_athlete_for-me-i-ve-lived-a-life-as-an-athlete-6_658119.png) > [I feel like there is a pretty crazy mix between my personal and work life because being an athlete is a 24-hour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iga-swiatek/i-feel-like-there-is-a-pretty-crazy-mix-between-my-personal-and-work/) [Iga Swiatek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iga-swiatek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/iga-swiatek-5770_being_i-feel-like-there-is-a-pretty-crazy-mix_3162114.jpg) > [I worked my whole life to be an athlete, to be physically capable of whatever a coach needs me to be capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-hardy/i-worked-my-whole-life-to-be-an-athlete-to-be-physically-capable-of/) [Greg Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/greg-hardy-6465_capable_i-worked-my-whole-life-to-be-an-athlete_1880046.jpg) > [I'm not an educated woman. What am I gonna do for the rest of my life? I'm an athlete... And now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tonya-harding/i-m-not-an-educated-woman-what-am-i-gonna-do-for-the-rest-of-my-life/) [Tonya Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tonya-harding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/tonya-harding-20809_athlete_i-m-not-an-educated-woman-what-am-i-gonn_3180612.png) > [My whole life I was always an athlete with motocross. It's a very athletic sport, very physical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-pastrana/my-whole-life-i-was-always-an-athlete-with-motocross-it-s-a-very/) [Travis Pastrana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-pastrana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/travis-pastrana-3941_always_my-whole-life-i-was-always-an-athlete-wi_878228.jpg) > [Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-jones/even-though-i-have-bad-qualities-in-my-personal-life-as-an-athlete-i/) [Jon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/jon-jones-1595_athlete_even-though-i-have-bad-qualities-in-my-p_395431.jpg) > [I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nalbandian/i-think-one-has-to-understand-that-there-are-stages-in-life-and-that/) [David Nalbandian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nalbandian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/david-nalbandian-58433_accept_i-think-one-has-to-understand-that-there_3059877.png) > [The life of an athlete does have to be lonely and you have to be focused on your craft and what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-weir/the-life-of-an-athlete-does-have-to-be-lonely-and-you-have-to-be/) [Johnny Weir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-weir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/johnny-weir-4775_athlete_the-life-of-an-athlete-does-have-to-be-l_2979892.png) > [Even though over the last years I've had more and more success and I've been getting better on the tour, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casper-ruud/even-though-over-the-last-years-i-ve-had-more-and-more-success-and-i/) [Casper Ruud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casper-ruud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/casper-ruud-29758_athlete_even-though-over-the-last-years-i-ve-had_318213.jpg) > [Through my professional life as both an athlete, and latterly with organisations such as the Youth Citizenship Commission, I've seen first hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanni-grey-thompson/through-my-professional-life-as-both-an-athlete-and-latterly-with/) [Tanni Grey-Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanni-grey-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/tanni-grey-thompson-5713_life_through-my-professional-life-as-both-an_2314358.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-athlete/#itemlist", "name": "Life Athlete Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Giancarlo Esposito" }, 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