Athlete Quote by Bill Rodgers

There is a stigma around athletes, and I think the more that us as humans can do to break those, the better.

— Colton Underwood

If you look at the sponsors who were in the sport 15 years ago compared to now there are a lot fewer. Why? Because…

— Maurice Greene

Something is swelling up among our athletes. Many of them are frustrated, everywhere in the world, and they are looking for a way out.…

— Travis Tygart

The number of really good athletes is decreasing. People don't want to work as hard anymore and they complain. In the future, there probably…

— Marquise Goodwin

Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who…

— Haile Gebrselassie

Compared to our era, facilities in athletics have increased manifold. But contemporary athletes are not mentally tough. The new generation wants everything easily, but…

— P. T. Usha

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their new lives…

— Jemele Hill

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running.

— Haile Gebrselassie

Overtraining is the biggest problem incurred by runners who lack the experience or discipline to cope with their own enthusiasm.

— Marty Liquori

There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and…

— Dolph Lundgren

Nothing has done more to bring people of different races and different backgrounds together than athletics, certainly more than politicians have done. It's why…

— Mike Leach

One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

— Lance Armstrong