Best Athletes Quotations

475 Athletes quotes by 371 unique authors

Reading for writers is like training for athletes. — Linda Sue Park
I just want you guys to see it also. To see what type of words that are said toward me, and towards us as professional… — LeBron James
The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who perform great feats before friendly crowds. Greatness in major league sports is the ability to win… — George Allen
Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit, it was a… — Roger Bannister
All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired. — Brendan Foster
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is… — Dale Murphy
You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network. — Jay Leno
Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a… — Tina Fey
Truth is, most of us contain a splashing, giggling, squealing child who knows without thinking that bare skin and water go together as wings go… — Janet Lembke
High school sports: where lessons of life are still being learned, and where athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates. — Unknown Author
Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches. — Mark Rippetoe
Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. — — Marv Dunphy
"I've always been a proponent of "if you're going to do something, do it right." I applied that across all aspects of my shooting -… — Jimmy Chin
Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've come to realize… — Unknown Author
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

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