Athlete Quotes

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.

I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.

I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.

Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.

An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being...that is the true glory of sport.

The less serious running of any description which an athlete indulges in before eighteen, the better for his future prospects.

It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well.

My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time.

There is a unique energy surrounding the Boston Marathon that you can't help but feel. It includes every runner and every person along the course. It brings every person there together as one.

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

They want everything to be better for their children. I think athletes are starting to see that and that's why they're starting to speak out.

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.

Athletes and actors do really crazy things and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day.

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.

If the athlete is fair with the press, he deserves fairness back.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.

The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were right.

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.

It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We really are. I think we fight against that a bit.

I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.

At the Cardiff World Cup I really would like to make the final. The favorites are still Peter, Daniele or Vavra, but I will try to do my best in order to be closest as possible to these athletes.

I'm also conscious of what this confidence that has been placed in me means. I'm going to the Games through the back door but I'm working everyday to exit through the main door!

The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

I wasn't disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that's why I knew it just wasn't right for me.

Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork and delivery smooth, and he did a great job.

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population--and usually as homosexuals.

The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.

College recruiting is a business and I would really tell parents and athletes, alike, to treat it as such.

Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.

If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.

If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.

First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and tolerance.

If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. I'll never be a frustrated athlete.

I'm an athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. And that's how women should be. That's how they should be built.

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just a decoration.

Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.

My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.

I found the emotion that as an athlete you block out, and it really helped me to understand myself as a person. I'm a really emotional person and it helped make me a better person.

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.