Amateur Quote by Socrates

No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen…

— Anonymous

“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow…

— Socrates

No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training

— Socrates

...the physical fitness of our citizens is a vital prerequisite to America's realization of its full potential as a nation, and to the opportunity…

— John F. Kennedy

Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.

— Benjamin Cardozo

No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war…

— Francis Bacon

As an athlete, the body can fail you. I know. The mind and your education will be there to keep carrying you.

— Penny Hardaway

Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to see fearless…

— Edward Smith

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports…

— Carl Lewis

“for as they who use no bodily exercises are awkward and unwieldy in the actions of the body, so they who exercise not their…

— Xenophon

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness. I have a whole new…

— Richard Armitage

Your body's really only meant to compete at the highest levels of combat sports for a few years.

— Joe Rogan