Athlete Quotes
1476 Athlete quotes by 824 unique authors
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Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids…
— Lorrie Fair
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Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.
— Donovan Bailey
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There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.
— Dan Gable
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Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few…
— B. C. Forbes
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Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.
— Kim Clijsters
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No athletes talk to themselves like tennis players. Pitchers, golfers, goalkeepers, they mutter to themselves, but tennis players talk to themselves-and answer. Tennis players look…
— Andre Agassi
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The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot…
— Frank Shorter
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I squirm when I see athletes praying before a game. Don't they realize that if God took sports seriously he never would have created George…
— Mark Russell
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Do not speak defeat, speak victory.
— Joel Osteen
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Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.
— Laozi
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I think I've always had the shots. But in the past, I've suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I'm starting to get away from that…
— Unknown Author
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I started ballet in my early 20s. I studied for about ten years. Ballet is probably the one of the hardest things I've done, almost…
— Herschel Walker
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I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
— Idi Amin
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I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete.
— Natalie Gulbis
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They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are…
— Jack LaLanne
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It takes patience to become the best runner you can be. Top athletes realize that running is a long-term sport. It is set up for…
— Anthony Famiglietti
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When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.
— Dick Fosbury
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I can relate to anyone. I can hang out with stoners, skaters, surfers, stockbrokers, lawyers, athletes, rappers. I feel I can hang out with any…
— Barry Zito
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Actors geek out over athletes. Everyone knows that.
— James Roday
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It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting…
— Frank Shorter
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Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.
— Edwin Moses
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I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on TV were athletes…
— Eric Greitens
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Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer
— John Kruk
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I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.
— Eric Shanteau
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An athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers.
— Albert Azaryan
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