Athlete Quotes

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.

Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got paid throughout American history, through a strong union.

I'm sick of the media making female sports athletes into supermodels, when they're clearly sixes at best.

Being vegan doesn't make you a stronger, better athlete. But it allows you to make yourself a stronger, better athlete.

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

Nike told me, 'We can't give you royalties because you're not a professional athlete.' I told them 'I'll go to the Garden and play one-on-no-one.' I'm a performance athlete!

I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

When we understand the privilege of what it means to be an athlete, we are in touch with, and rejoice in, our physical, mental, and emotional strengths and our endless possibilities.

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture.

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.

I think any athlete will tell you that season-ending losses stay with you for a long time. If you are one of the main reasons for a season-ending loss, it sticks with you longer.

You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys.

Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.

I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.

But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here.

I'm a Gatorade athlete because dance is being recognized as a sport now. It always should have been, but now it is. It's very exciting.

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.

People no longer know how to apologize, which is particularly noticeable among athletes, politicians, and entertainment figures.

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.

My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

You already have everything you need to be a long-distance athlete. It's mindset, not miles, that separates those who do from those who dream.

Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall.

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

The key to getting the record is running fast because someone else did not take it too crazy at the beginning, so it leaves me with a lot of energy to close.

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.

I play because I have fun, if I don't have fun on the court, there is something wrong. I am just a 19 year old boy that likes to do what he likes, nothing else.

I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling.

We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

Usually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.

I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.

My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.

I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any sport.

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

I think a singer is an athlete. I've always tried to stay fit. Until my knee said, "Uh-uh," I was jogging. Then I started walking. They don't like walking a lot, but I'll push them.

There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.