Athlete Quote by Rich Mullins

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

People say I wasn't a real athlete, but I trained hard. It's possible to take something seriously and still have fun at it, you…

— Eddie the Eagle

By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too…

— Bo Jackson

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

— Anonymous

I knew that I wasn't the smartest kid in school, but I knew that I had a way to get out if I did…

— Frank Gore

I was never a sporty kid. Then I discovered my physicality and running and endorphins.

— Esme Creed-Miles

I was always a very athletic kid, and I always played as many sports as possible and always tried to do new things.

— Cesaro

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that…

— Mike Krzyzewski

What happened to me is that as I grew up, I found that I was smart. My mother had insisted on that you see.…

— Alexander Lowen

I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.

— Peter Hollingworth

I perhaps could have been somewhat better. One of the interesting things about playing competitive sports as a child is that you confront your…

— David Foster Wallace

For some reason as a kid being a smart athlete didn't seem like the right thing, because you didn't fit in. You didn't want…

— Martellus Bennett