Athlete Quote by Bela Karolyi Download Open image “You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!” — Bela Karolyi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Competent Gymnastics Housewife People
“I was more impressed by her athlete’s approach to the world. She had a can-do attitude, a willingness to learn through practice, and she… — Tina Fey 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 skill. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Ronda is an amazing athlete and has done so much for this sport, especially for the women. — Amanda Nunes Copy Share Image
If you get a great wife who understands the demands of someone in athletics, I think that's important. — Tony Romo Copy Share Image
As a woman in sport media, you have to be smart. You use what you can to your advantage and make sure you know what you're talking about or you're A) not going to last very long or B) never going to get a good job. I think we've come a long way and probably still have a ways to… — Michelle Beadle Copy Share
I literally couldn't get anyone to hire me. Having a woman do sports was seen as too risky. — Hannah Storm Copy Share Image
I'm sick of the media making female sports athletes into supermodels, when they're clearly sixes at best. — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
People don't get drafted into being housewives. It's a voluntary experience, so people are putting themselves into this situation voluntarily. — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
You can criticize ESPN for a lot of things, but one thing you have to give them credit for is their willingness to put… — Doris Burke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
The ideal gymnast would be between 4 feet 7 and 5-2. I wouldn't be able to pinpoint an ideal height, however. It would be… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach,… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
What is a better way to prove that your methods work than by winning? I have proved that my methods work. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don't think anymore. — Bela Karolyi 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
