Athlete Quote by Arthur Lydiard

I'm telling you, man, sometimes a coach ruins the athlete.

— Alex Pereira

The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.

— Bill Bowerman

The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.

— Paavo Nurmi

I don't really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don't see what…

— Sophie Pascoe

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it

— John Wooden

It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.

— Warren Buffett

As an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing.

— Rashad Evans

If you're a professional athlete, and after the game, you're eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You're…

— John Salley

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

— Emil Zatopek

I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he…

— Bobby Knight

The general public does not really understand what athletes do away from competition time. They know there will be some exertion involved, of course,…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Great coaches are great humanitarians. They really care for the athlete as people first and athletes second. This is paramount in gaining respect.

— Gordie Gillespie