Athlete Quotes

1476 Athlete quotes by 824 unique authors

We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators. — John F. Kennedy
College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil. — Ruby Wax
The common belief that coaches must be abusive to be successful is a myth. Research shows that if you find a task fun, you'll perform… — Ralph Nader
Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From… — Arthur Lydiard
One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another… — Al Kaline
After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself… — Cobi Jones
It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is. — Vijay Singh
It is exactly the unattainability, which differentiates a dream from a goal: Goals are reachable, when you fight for them. Dreams are not. Athletes shouldn't… — Fabian Cancellara
First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport… — Andre Agassi
Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up out of obscurity,… — Joyce Carol Oates
With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport. — Clara Hughes
When you see athletes like me win gold medals, you only see the finished product, you dont see the real effort that the likes of… — Linford Christie
There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. — Carl Lewis
An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you… — Carl Lewis
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 really… — Carl Lewis
Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts. — Asafa Powell
I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very… — Tyson Gay
I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional. — Katarina Witt
It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some… — Jim Sensenbrenner
I never claimed to be anything more than a nice guy and an athlete. — Hunter S. Thompson
The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to… — Sebastian Coe
Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next… — Sebastian Coe
It is to create the best Games the world has ever seen by unlocking the UK's unrivalled passion for sport, by delivering the best Games… — Sebastian Coe
I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent… — Unknown Author
The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty. — Paavo Nurmi

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