Athlete Quote by Michael Johnson

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't…

— Michael Johnson

Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me - I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us.

— Michael Johnson

I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there are politicians…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

— Hale Irwin

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

— Juliana Harkavy

Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.

— Zach LaVine

I wasn't a natural-born athlete. I was made.

— Trevor Bauer

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something…

— Mary Decker

I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master.

— Cory Booker

If anything is life-changing, being the descendant of a slave is.

— Ntozake Shange

We all have limitations. I don't have the right genes to be an Olympic weightlifter. I don't have the right genetics to be an…

— Jocko Willink

I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of revelation... when…

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley