Athlete Quotes
1476 Athlete quotes by 824 unique authors
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As an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing.
— Rashad Evans
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I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it…
— David Cone
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I think there's going to be pressure on all the British athletes. It's a home Olympics at the end of the day. I like adrenaline,…
— Jessica Ennis
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My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I…
— David Rudisha
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I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.
— Angela Ruggiero
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I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.
— Angela Ruggiero
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It is said that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues to be an…
— LZ Granderson
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The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.
— Avery Brundage
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The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were…
— Avery Brundage
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No one should ever be afraid of failing; it’s being afraid to give it your all in trying that I urge against. If there is…
— Chrissie Wellington
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
— Victor Cruz
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
— Victor Cruz
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No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a forest ranger The…
— Yvon Chouinard
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An athlete gets paid a lot of money. And someone who is after that, a thief, a mugger or someone who steals from people, they…
— Luke Scott
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I can look back at it now as definitely like an initiation into adulthood. Almost overnight in the NFL, I was put on a pedestal…
— Ricky Williams
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But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established.
— Shinzo Abe
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The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.
— Bernard Hopkins
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When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.
— Raphael Saadiq
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I have never doped … I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug…
— Lance Armstrong
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Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.
— Deion Sanders
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Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
— Red Auerbach
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I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least…
— Charles Barkley
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And what can we do to silence these Christian athletes who thank Jesus whenever they win, never mention his name when they lose? Not a…
— George Carlin
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We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.
— Paul Samuelson
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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If…
— John Wooden
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