Genetics Quote by Jocko Willink

My teammates and my coaches have all allowed me to step into my individuality and not be defined by just being a gymnast.

— Katelyn Ohashi

You can't go to college and develop into an Olympics champion. It takes too much time, too much training.

— Sonja Henie

A lot of the Olympic games just boil down to genetics. Michael Phelps is genetically built to swim better than other people if he…

— Doug Stanhope

Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may…

— Haile Gebrselassie

It's humbling how my peers view me as not only one of the best Olympic power and weightlifters, but as an athlete.

— Mark Henry

If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to…

— Allyson Felix

Being an Olympic athlete doesn't change who you are as a person.

— Tobin Heath

You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all…

— Dan O'Brien

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an…

— Dick Fosbury

I've got to go out there and do a job and focus on swimming and do my own thing, and I think us athletes…

— Ellie Simmonds

One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

— Lance Armstrong

Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.

— George A. Sheehan