Athlete Quotes

Athlete Quote of the day

Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.

Good athletes do not know what tiredness is. They do not know what discouragement is. Good athletes only know what victory is.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

A bird can fly as high as it wants but it eventually has to come down to earth and get some water... and when it comes down to get that water that's when you strike.

The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.

I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.

I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

If you have a body, you are an athlete!

The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete.

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.

To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

But I sometimes think we have too much of a fixation about 2012.

The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

I am now a legend. I am also the greatest athlete to live.

The actor is an athlete of the heart.

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.

I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

Theres that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

As a competitor and an athlete, you have to believe in yourself. And you have to believe in the people who believe in you.

We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

Zero-zero is a big score.

Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.

Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much.

Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

My worst vice is gluttony. I try to keep myself under control because I'm an athlete, but once a week I like to pig out and act like a normal person.

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your two ears.

Have fun, because that's what life is all about.

I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.

There was no money in the sport but we'd be out there day in, day out, rain or shine, doing it.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

Sports ideally teach discipline and commitment. They challenge you and build character for everything you do in life.

Skating is now retro and hip.

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.