Athletes Quotes

475 Athletes quotes by 371 unique authors

Athletes that can't listen, can condition. — Chuck Daly
Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with the live shark… — Bill Maher
By continually increasing the difficulty of the sport, we are discouraging younger athletes from starting and continuing in the sport. But most importantly, we are… — Svetlana Boginskaya
We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen. — Shannon Miller
If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price. — Bud Wilkinson
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.... It's not like it was when I was growing… — Charles Barkley
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is… — Leigh Steinberg
A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through… — Diana Nyad
I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models... — Charles Barkley
The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate. — Yao Ming
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete. — Bill Russell
If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes. — Bobby Knight
Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes… — Johnny Weir
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do… — Stephen Covey
The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can. — Unknown Author
I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream. — Oscar Robertson
The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that… — Anson Dorrance
Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it. — Earl Blaik
The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together. — Lisa Fernandez
Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as… — Aimee Mullins
Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you… — Aimee Mullins
As athletes, we have ups and downs. Unfortunately, you can't pick the days they come on. — Deena Kastor
Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially… — Bill Bowerman
It's an incredible feeling, 110,000 people energy at that level. What I realized from watching the first day of competition was that athletes that got… — Gabe Jennings

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