Athlete Quote by Bill Russell Download Open image “Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.” — Bill Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Sports
Sometimes durability's better than ability, especially in this crazy sport. — Julian Edelman Copy Share Image
Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may… — Haile Gebrselassie Copy Share Image
All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
My durability is just something I took a lot of pride in, that I was able to play 70 games over and over and… — Martin Brodeur Copy Share Image
One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible. — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think you always strive to get better as an athlete. That's the difference between good and great, in my opinion. — Arian Foster Copy Share Image
What separates great athletes from mediocre ones isn't only talent and training - it's also how well they can handle discomfort. — Laird Hamilton Copy Share Image
Part of being an athlete is constantly striving for more. We're looking for perfection in a world where that doesn't exist. No matter what… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out. — Herm Edwards Copy Share Image
Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat. — Tim Tebow Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
After the season with the Celtics, he said he wouldn't pitch for the Red Sox for four weeks because it took him that long… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
My father once told me that anyone who worked for three dollars an hour owed it to himself to put in four dollars' worth… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
If you can take something to levels that very few other people can reach, then what you're doing becomes art. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
The last five or six days, I've been running. The last two days, I've been running pretty hard. Everybody's got to be someplace. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play. — Bill Russell 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
