Athlete Quotes

You can't put a limit anything.

Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do.

I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.

I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.

To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.

Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking; it comes from your knees and thighs.

If Trescothick had tried to get me off the field when batting well, I'd have hit him with my bat.

If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter.

I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.

Marathon running is a terrible experience: monotonous, heavy, and exhausting.

To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.

Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.

In grade school I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the one who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three.

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.

The endurance athlete is the ultimate realist.

The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself!

In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.

I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor.

Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. —

The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.

All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.

Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races. Three race wins would be very satisfying.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.

I think marriage and athletes is a bad combination.

It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them.

Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians.

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do...but I think you have to.

I think there is a special bond between Carolina athletes. A lot of people seem to wear our gear because it is fashionable. They love the colors. It's Michael Jordan's school!

We're not cameras, we're artists.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.

I'm trying to take a positive out the disappointment, but I'm also trying to do what's best for my career as well.

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

I always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime, urine and blood.

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

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 would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

I'm a golfer - not an athlete.

Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

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.