Athlete Quote by Libby Trickett

It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain…

— David Robinson

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my…

— Alicia Sacramone

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a…

— Carl Lewis

Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my…

— Lou Holtz

In athletics, I've gone through ups and downs my whole life.

— Stephen Gostkowski

Being away from the game and just remembering why I love competing and all of that, I think it helped me tremendously.

— Madison Keys

I really didn't feed off the whole Olympic experience at all, and I regret that from an athletic perspective, and also from a personal…

— Ryan Hall

'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best…

— Carl Lewis

It was important for me to have something to fall back on and not just rely on my athletics to get me through everything…

— Ashlyn Harris

For me it was always about enjoying what I was doing and trying to get better, playing more and more sport.

— Ellyse Perry

When all you've done is work toward being a professional athlete, and then you injure yourself, and you know that you're going to be…

— Kylie Bunbury

At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough.

— Josh Duhamel