Athlete Quotes
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But at school, I wasn't athletic, and if you're not athlete in high school, it's kind of hard to find your place, so play practice seemed perfect, especially if you were as uncoordinated as I was.
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The ESPYS are about appreciating moments in sports and not looking down on it because it's maybe not your favorite athlete or your favorite team.
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Any professional athlete who gets on TV or radio and says he never played with a gay guy is a stone-freakin' idiot.
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Treat yourself like a fat person with aches and pains and a suitcase full of excuses, and good luck-you'll stay exactly where you are. Train like an athlete and, though you may not look like one now, you will become one.
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Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are highest, an athlete's brain may be at its most vulnerable.
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The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don't want to come across as negative and moaning.
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Dai Greene will be our greatest-ever Welsh athlete.
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It feels so good to be the World Athlete of the Year.
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To me, breakfast is my most important meal. It's often the meal you play a game on. I make sure I have oatmeal, milk, and fruit. It's the fuel you use to hopefully do your best, so eating right is a big part of being a professional athlete. I wish I paid more attention to it earlier in my life.
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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.
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There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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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.
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I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian athlete having a go. It isn't until they see the full Cathy Freeman picture that they realise how proud I am of my ancestry and heritage. I'd like a little more tolerance and acceptance of my culture and all the differing cultures that make up Australia.
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You're the best athlete I've seen in high school.
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I think people now - you know, a lot of athletes have come out and said, I would definitely accept, you know, a gay male athlete in the locker room and on my team.
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I'm not going to relate to an athlete as a peer.
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I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.
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I try to be a smart quarterback. I'm not the fastest or the best athlete, but if I can know what the defense is doing and stick to my job and what needs to be done I can make the plays needed to move the ball and score.
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Being a professional athlete, we all want to win the title.
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As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.
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I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
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An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.
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Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.
