Athletes Quotes

475 Athletes quotes by 371 unique authors

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. — Cathy Rigby
All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running. — Haile Gebrselassie
Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts. — St. Jerome
Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes. — Milton Friedman
Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that. — Haile Gebrselassie
I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.' — Haile Gebrselassie
Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are… — Haile Gebrselassie
I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
I'd like to look like Madonna when I'm her age. I also look at athletes and love their bodies. I've always wanted to be muscly,… — Ellie Goulding
Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want - and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever… — Sloane Crosley
Well, I do feel that I carry the responsibility of representing my country wherever I am, and this responsibility came with the success that I… — Novak Djokovic
I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around… — Tim Ferriss
I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty… — Peggy Fleming
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. — Henry Ford
The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But… — Dante Hall
That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in… — Martina Hingis
I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance… — Jean Houston
I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on. — Lou Holtz
Today, people idolize athletes and celebrities - and yes, highly successful and visionary business people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but not the innovators… — Naveen Jain
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned was… — Naveen Jain
What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and… — Naveen Jain
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot… — Michael Jordan
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my… — Michael Jordan
As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day. — Michael Jordan
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for… — Billie Jean King

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