Athlete Quotes

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity.

Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

Creative people inspire me. Athletes also inspire me to come alive, especially my daughter, a competitive gymnast who works very hard, as much as six hours a day on her gymnastics skills.

Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style.

(Algerian athlete, 1996 Summer Olympics, on the 3000m world record) I think my 3:27 for 1500m is worth 7:21 for 3000m.

I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.

If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.

I was so surprised. Then again, I was so relaxed in the water, it felt amazing

But at school, I wasn't athletic, and if you're not athlete in high school, it's kind of hard to find your place, so play practice seemed perfect, especially if you were as uncoordinated as I was.

The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

The young athletes are supposed to mature, to improve their personality.

My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe.

If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

I never performed on drugs. That'd be stupid. It's the same thing with athletes. They can't perform when they have cocaine problems.

I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.

I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career.

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.

As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.

You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term.

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.

We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.

I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.

I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end.

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes. Everyone else is struggling.

But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.

I am in control. What athlete you know doesn't call the shots? I have the final say.

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think.

As a professional athlete, I have an incredible platform to inspire, impact, and deeply affect another human being. It sets my soul on fire.

I think you always strive to get better as an athlete. That's the difference between good and great, in my opinion.

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.