Athlete Quotes
-
I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.
-
I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.
-
Just having what's important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That's the most important thing when you are a professional athlete.
-
You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.
-
Like anybody else, athletes like to pig out on a bit of junk food every now and then, but they also know that they couldn't do that all the time if they wanted to keep their body in peak condition to compete at the highest level.
-
My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.
-
I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.
-
You guys are just jealous because i'm a natural athlete and you can't cross the street without falling on your face." -(Bird) Doug
-
I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on.
-
I was a tomboy growing up, and an athlete.
-
I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.
-
If you're a professional athlete, and after the game, you're eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You're making a mistake.
-
First and foremost, I'm an athlete. And I'm an Olympian. I'm not a gay Olympian. I'm just an Olympian that's also gay. I don't mind reading that - like, 'gay Olympian Adam Rippon.' It's fine. I hope that, in a way, it makes it easier for other young kids who are gay. If they go to the Olympics, they can just be called Olympians.
-
Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle.
-
Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.
-
The CrossFit program is broad, general and inclusive, and most of all, the movements can be scaled down to any level of athlete. Just watch what I do with it on 'The Biggest Loser.'
-
As a professional athlete I can tell you I feel every single emotion and not one of them ever helped me in a fist-fight before.
-
I remember growing up, having sports to go to, having recess, those were the things I looked forward to. Yes, I'm an athlete, but I had buddies who weren't, and they looked forward to it, too.
-
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
-
[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.
-
A worker in the rural reconstruction must have: The body of an athlete The attitude of a teacher The mind of a scientist The heart of a missionary The spirit of a crusader.
-
Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.
-
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.
-
I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.
