Hannah Teter Quotes

I'd just like to see athletes awake. And aware. There's so much going on and so much to know... We stay in our little boxes and don't think much about the outside world.

Hannah Teter

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• So many athletes who have been close to me have been everything to me.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Me
  • Everything
  • Close

• I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.

  

  Nancy Greene
  • Women
  • Performances
  • Athletes

• I'm constantly watching my weight for my job, and I've trained so hard this year to be ready for this season-more rigorously than ever - but people who tune in to Formula One have no comprehension of what we have to do to be fit. It's so physical. This year, the car is way faster than when you came to the race. And the physicality has gone up quite a lot, at least 20 to 30 percent. People don't see that. They don't see us as athletes. They just see us driving.

  

  Lewis Hamilton
  • People
  • Up
  • Job

• I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't have any insecurities." They're almost like these icons who - I don't know how to say it, but like they can't make mistakes. But the reality is, and I'll tell you this firsthand, a lot of great athletes have a lot of insecurities, and they have a really hard time dealing with a lot of so-called losing or however you want to classify it.

  

  Apolo Ohno
  • People
  • Time
  • Great

• Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

  

  Neve Campbell
  • Dance
  • Artists
  • Athletes

• On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.

  

  Eric Heiden
  • Chance
  • Guys
  • Athletes

• I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

  

  Mariah Carey
  • Athletes
  • Jordan
  • Our Time

• If you're tweeting - and this is what I tell the young athletes who come to me about these situations, because I've been through them and I've seen both sides of it - if you're tweeting just because everyone else is tweeting and you're not uncomfortable, if it doesn't feel like a sacrifice - like when I wore that T-shirt it was a sacrifice.

  

  Andrew Hawkins
  • Sacrifice
  • Athletes
  • Tweeting

• Barry Sanders, by far. Not only one of my favorite Lions, but one of my favorite NFL athletes. It's all about highlights for me, I'm a receiver! Sanders is like the NFL version of an And1 mix tape.

  

  Nate Burleson
  • Favorite
  • Athletes

• Our athletes are our heroes.

  

  Cathy Rigby
  • Heroes
  • Athletes

• I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.

  

  Ben Cross
  • Actors
  • Complete
  • Athletes

• I am an athlete first and foremost, and it is vital for my competitiveness, my well being, and for my preparations for events during the European summer that I measure my performance against other athletes.

  

  Caster Semenya
  • Performance
  • Athletes
  • Competitiveness

• 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.

  

  Billy Kennedy
  • Business
  • Parents
  • Athletes

• From the public's perspective, they like to see guys that go out there and stand. Now, if you happen to be one of those two athletes that are standing out there and trading with each other, afterwards you would disagree with those people. The spectators are not on the receiving end of all those strikes. I have young guys who say, "I like to stand and trade." I say, "Really? Then you are not a very intelligent fighter."

  

  Dan Severn
  • Perspective
  • Stand
  • Fighter

• [Some young athletes] get home, look at social media, and they have thousands of people ripping it out of them, telling them that they're terrible at their profession, they hope they lose their next match or fight.It's hugely negative and unless you can rise above it and pay no attention, it can have a very serious impact on that person's state of mind.

  

  David Haye
  • Mind
  • Negative
  • Impact

• There is nothing wrong with athletes coming back from retirement.

  

  George Vecsey
  • Back
  • Retirement
  • Athletes

• There are a lot of young great athletes out there; they're much better athletes than what we were. They're bigger, faster, stronger, unfortunately, there're fewer places to go.

  

  George Steele
  • Stronger
  • Faster
  • Athletes

• The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes.

  

  Eddie George
  • Money
  • Building
  • Athletes

• Models are like athletes: You burn hard and fast.

  

  Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
  • Models
  • Burn
  • Athletes

• I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want to become a modern-type Grandpa myself-and really start living.

  

  Hal Boyle
  • Kids
  • Ambition
  • Envy

• I'd just like to see athletes awake. And aware. There's so much going on and so much to know... We stay in our little boxes and don't think much about the outside world.

  

  Hannah Teter
  • Athletes