Athlete Quote by Chris Cleave

Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each…

— Liu Xiang

Sports have an amazing way of banding people together from all walks of life, building relationships that would have never happened.

— Kurt Warner

There comes a time in every athlete's life, where the scenarios change and the landscape has eroded from what made you fall in love…

— Matt Mitrione

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game…

— Mike Piazza

I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have…

— Ben Cross

In any sport, you need a rival.

— Phil Taylor

I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countries.

— Arnold Palmer

I don't feel rivalry. I'm the least competitive person you'll meet ever, to a fault.

— Rob Corddry

We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with…

— Misty May-Treanor

It's a proven fact that athletes are all marks for each other.

— Arn Anderson

I meet athletes from different backgrounds and see they share the same mentality and process as other athletes in other sports.

— Shannon Sharpe

What I've learned about athletes is they're very into other athletes.

— Jessica Pegula