Athlete Quotes

I do not look back at what might have been. If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special.

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.

I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just train like an athlete.

As an athlete, when you are on that field and the fans get really engaged and you can feel their energy and passion and true love of the game, it is absolutely a spiritual experience.

Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the team.

I would want America to know our kids need us. Spend as much time with your kids as you can. Enjoy them. Be with them. Hug your children; You never know when it will be the last time.

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important.

Regarding the psychological, your goal must not be "I need to lose X pounds" but "I'm going to regain my identity," whether as an athlete, a conservative, a sexual being, a together person, whatever.

It's not enough to just test athletes. The athletes themselves need to fight for their right to compete against clean athletes.

In the old days, athletes got worked up about the strict rules - today they get worked up about these rules being ignored elsewhere.

(About events he will take part in) I vaulted today, and I'll throw the discus tomorrow around one o' clock. Then I'll race in the 100-meter final at 3:45 on Saturday.

My daughter's mother and I are no longer dating, and the people I'm most likely to date are those around me, who are athletes.

Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot.

I think the sport needs the help to continue to motivate athletes.

I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be.

To be a well-rounded person and know what's going on in the world around you, to have a perspective outside of your sport, is important for every athlete. I'm blessed that our parents gave us that.

I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.

[Yasuhiro] Yamashita is a respected judo master not only in Japan but across the world. To me, he is an example of an outstanding athlete and a very good man.

It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.

Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want to be a musician, an actor, an athlete -- but a maker is what people are going to want to be.

I'm lucky because I have an athlete between my legs.

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

As runners we all have the same challenges and share the same experience, with the goal to accomplish something and better ourselves.

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event.

There were always a couple of loonies who caused all the trouble.

You are a Hero. Be Heroic. Always.

The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.

Behind every successful athlete there is a responsible coach.

A Star is always a star no matter what stage they are on or at

No wrong in aiming or applauding the win but always agnize one's efforts.

If You Respect Their Preparation, You never Drop the Baton

Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.

No Student can stand the Gruel of Sports Training unless she has a Passion for Fame.

Shatter your fears and you will shatter records.

Step up your game and success will step up to you.

If records refuse to be broken, shatter them.

Stats don't measure an athlete's hunger.

you are not an athlete because of what you can do, but because of who you are: a team player, someone who never quits, who strives to be his personal best, and who believes in fair play.

It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer

There was no 'I' in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.

An athlete's diet is a complicated thing.

That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.