Animal Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

An athlete gains more & more strength by facing resistance. Similarly in life, we only become stronger when we face the resistance of our struggles.

— Radhanath Swami

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the…

— Alberto Salazar

Having your competitiveness and your desire as an athlete called into question is, for sure, frustrating.

— Christian Yelich

“you are not an athlete because of what you can do, but because of who you are: a team player, someone who never quits,…

— Rosemary Rawlins

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

— Shannon Miller

It's just in your nature when you're an athlete to be competitive in everything.

— Tecia Torres

It's easy to be a tough competitor and still be the kind of person with whom people love to compete.

— Chuck Thompson

An athlete really fail in a race because unknowingly he prepares to fail…

— Anonymous

“A fit athlete, as Glassman put it, is competent in all general physical skills, meaning that he or she not only has stamina, but…

— MacKenzie, Brian

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far,…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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

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

— Lance Armstrong