Athlete Quote by Carl Lewis Download Open image “There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.” — Carl Lewis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Childhood Children Correlation Professional athlete Success
You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy… — Steffi Graf Copy Share Image
I think there's no greater impact on a young kid's life than high school sports. — Greg Olsen Copy Share Image
There isn't a professional athlete that doesn't want to play 12, 13 years. — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
I think sports for kids is the greatest thing in the world because it teaches you how to share, about winning and losing and… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these parents are… — Timothy Olyphant Copy Share Image
There's so much that goes into being a pro athlete that people have no idea about. — Matt Barnes Copy Share Image
It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
We do not question an athlete who is disciplined in order to achieve their goals, and yet as parents the same premise is not… — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies. — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
My life isn't interesting! It's my mom. You need to write her life and put me in it. I'm a cameo in her life. — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I'm supposed to be the typical amateur… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able. — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything,… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
I've found that a person does not need protein from meat to be a successful athlete. In fact, my best year of track competition… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing… — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to… — Carl Lewis 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
