Athlete Quotes
1476 Athlete quotes by 824 unique authors
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Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.
— Tim Duncan
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
— Magic Johnson
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If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.
— Oliver Kahn
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The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
— Esther Williams
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You have to train your mind like you train your body.
— Bruce Jenner
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This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.
— Olga Korbut
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It's all about the journey, not the outcome.
— Carl Lewis
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When I race my mind is full of doubts - who will finish second, who will finish third?
— Noureddine Morceli
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If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.
— Clara Hughes
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True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
— Alexander Pope
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The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.
— Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.
— Lou Holtz
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I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was…
— Dick Fosbury
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I have been dubbed 'the girl who puts the glamour into hammer'
— Unknown Author
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So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone…
— Sun Tzu
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A star can win any game; a team can win every game.
— Jack Ramsay
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Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice.
— Paul Brown
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Luck is being ready for the chance.
— J. Frank Dobie
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I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.
— Bum Phillips
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Every time a player goes out to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet…
— Vince Lombardi
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Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.
— Harry S. Truman
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Conceit is God's gift to little men.
— Bruce Barton
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The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.
— Mia Hamm
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Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.
— Mia Hamm
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Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.
— Chris Evert
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