Athlete Quotes

• That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Job
  • Pretty
  • Day

• There's no question that O.J. Simpson had been a substitute white man in America. He had gained honorary white status. He was not viewed by many white Americans as black. He was not seen as the African American athlete who was rebellious: Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Hank Aaron... He was accepted in golf clubs that were very tony.

  

  Michael Eric Dyson
  • Golf
  • Accepted
  • Rebellious

• I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree.

  

  Twyla Tharp
  • Challenge
  • Athlete

• People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something.

  

  Kristanna Loken
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Athlete

• My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world.

  

  David Rudisha
  • Up
  • World
  • Father

• As an athlete and as a woman, I get my confidence from playing sports because it shifts your focus from what your body looks like to what your body can do for you. That's what we all should be doing. It shouldn't be about looking perfect.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Perfect
  • Focus
  • Sports

• As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.

  

  Beth Brooke
  • Up
  • Athlete

• Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

  

  Frank Shorter
  • Time
  • School
  • Athlete

• I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.

  

  Dayron Robles
  • Responsibility
  • Pride
  • Athlete

• No professional athlete likes to admit that he has played too long. There is too much money involved, rarely enough saved, and there is the eternal hope that age has not withered skills.

  

  John Gregory Dunne
  • Long
  • Money
  • Hope

• A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Trying
  • Strong
  • Animal

• Its a touchy subject, 'cause I never want to take it there, where it seems like it's all about race. But I feel like that's something that comes along with the territory of being a black quarterback. When you have success - 'Oh, you're a freak athlete.' Not, 'Oh, you're a good quarterback.'

  

  Colin Kaepernick
  • Good
  • Success
  • Black

• While I'm an athlete and while I'm fighting actively, I don't intend to pursue a career in politics. What happens after that, we'll see. But I don't have an intention to do both at the same time.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Time
  • Career
  • Fighting

• The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.

  

  Plato
  • Athlete
  • Too Much
  • Savage

• The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty.

  

  Paavo Nurmi
  • Athlete
  • Devotion
  • Specialty

• I would say that one of the hardest things for an athlete, and really anybody of any profession, is that we create our identity in what we do.

  

  Benjamin Watson
  • Identity
  • Athlete

• You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always say to me, 'Your image is this, your image is that.' Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person. That's what I worry about.

  

  Derek Jeter
  • People
  • Character
  • Worry

• Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

  

  Joe Manganiello
  • Dad
  • Athlete

• The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

  

  Al Pacino
  • Emotional
  • Actor
  • Athlete

• In wrestling, you've got to be an athlete. You can't just be a body builder; you can't just be this big strong guy who picks people up and throws them around. For longevity in the business, you got to keep your body fit and together.

  

  Bobby Lashley
  • Business
  • Wrestling
  • Builder

• You start seeing all of the athlete profiles on NBC, and whenever the Summer Olympics come up, I feel like I share the same experience with the Summer Olympians.

  

  Lindsey Vonn
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Summer

• The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.

  

  Frank Shorter
  • Different
  • Children
  • Professional

• We feel pretty comfortable as a team. I don't think we're under pressure to take any one particular spot, to be truthful, right now. I think we can be pretty comfortable at 53, just taking the best athlete.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Pretty
  • Team
  • Players

• For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Up
  • Country
  • Family

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