Athlete Quotes

1476 Athlete quotes by 824 unique authors

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I… — Serena Williams
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. — Ted Williams
Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one… — Venus Williams
I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it… — Venus Williams
Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for… — Venus Williams
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. — John Wooden
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. — John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. — John Wooden
I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs. — John Wooden
I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself. — Tiger Woods
Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I… — Kristi Yamaguchi
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head. — Emil Zatopek
If one can stick to the training throughout the many long years, then will power is no longer a problem. It's raining? That doesn't matter.… — Emil Zatopek
The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on. — Emil Zatopek
Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but… — Felix Dennis
There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by… — Michael Eric Dyson
Dancers are the athletes of God. — Albert Einstein
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. — Aristotle
I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living,… — Martha Graham
Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of… — Thomas Merton
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. — Dean Karnazes
Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy and self-possessed only when cavorting around, doing their stretches and leaps… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama

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