Athlete Quote by MyKayla Skinner Download Open image “There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.” — MyKayla Skinner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Athlete Being Lot Olympic Olympic athlete Pressure Sports
When you get to an event like the Olympic Games, you can put too much pressure on yourself. — Eric Shanteau Copy Share Image
For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of. — Paula Radcliffe Copy Share Image
People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times… — Vijender Singh Copy Share Image
In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it. — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
We're in a pressure-filled sport for sure, but anything in an Olympic season is heightened, the highs are higher and the lows are lower,… — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
Everyone says, 'Oh, it's hard because she's older.' But at the same time, I feel like I know how to make corrections faster, and… — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far. — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
Going to college, I definitely got that experience of having to be there for your team and you definitely learn that that is really… — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
This is what I'm supposed to do. This is what I'm meant to do, is elite gymnastics. — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
I'm just so honored that I never gave up and have kept pushing for my dreams to get here. — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
Worlds helped me me boost my confidence up a lot actually. It made me a bigger, better, stronger gymnast. — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
I got to be calm, but I mean, it's the Olympics. Anybody wants to go out and do their best, so it's definitely a… — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
I think it's so cool to show that age is just a number, and that anything is possible if you work hard and dream… — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
It is hard when you fall. I know that feeling. That disappointment sucks. You've just got to get up and keep moving. — MyKayla Skinner Copy Share Image
As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think… — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
I'd noticed him watching me for a year or so, especially when we'd play games where there was running or jumping. — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I have no physical genius about me. I can't dribble a ball and run at the same time, I can't do lay-ups - I'm… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed… — Nigel Mansell Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a sport centered… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I don't want to say names, but there are certain companies I won't work with because of previous people they've worked with. I don't… — Alex Morgan Copy Share Image
