Athlete Quote by B. J. Penn Download Open image “I'm a purist, and I'm more a fighter than an athlete.” — B. J. Penn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Fighter More Sports Than
I'd rather be an athlete than a fighter, an athlete is going to go there and figure out the ways to win, see the… — T.J. Dillashaw Copy Share Image
I realized that if you want to be a fighter, you have to become an athlete. — Marlon Vera Copy Share Image
Some fighters think they're athletes and it's a sport. I know I'm athletic, but I'm a fighter first. — Cody Garbrandt Copy Share Image
I treat myself more as an athlete instead of as a fighter. As a fighter, you're going out there as a street thug, relying… — T.J. Dillashaw Copy Share Image
I believe that I'm not just a fighter in this game; I love to study the sport. And in studying the sport, I believe… — Kamaru Usman Copy Share Image
It isn't always the funnest feeling, sparring three days a week, getting punched in the face at 38 years old, it might not always… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
We see fighters fight their whole career and never get a title shot. It doesn't matter if they rack up 10 wins if people… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
I want to get one more world title. Three titles at three weight classes, and without a doubt 145 is my best option. — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
Fighting, to me, has always been something different than what everybody's else opinion is. I've never believed what everybody else has. — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
My greatest moment in my whole career is when I became the first non-Brazilian to win the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship. That was my greatest moment. — B. J. Penn Copy Share
Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
You look at somebody like Frankie Edgar and you think, 'oh, that little guy,' this and that. But these guys, they want it. And… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
It does blow me away, though, when I see Werdum just got the belt at 37 and then you see Mark Hunt still fighting… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
