Athlete Quotes
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I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.
Sun Yang -
I would never let myself believe that. I'm a strong athlete and I definitely believe I'm getting stronger.
Sasha Cohen
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College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.
Ruby Wax -
My long-range mission is to be the first athlete to win the Nobel Prize.
Ernie Banks -
I'm not angry. As an athlete ... you should be open to criticism, and you're allowed to be criticized, because not everybody has the same opinion, not everybody likes the same players. The rankings are quite volatile: Today you're 'great,' tomorrow you're 'not,' but then you're 'great' again. It makes for great stories. Now, I always look at the long term and by doing that, obviously, I can stay calm through the storm.
Roger Federer -
I don't know where it's written that he's going to get big money. Let's wait and see what happens. You're always nervous when you give any athlete big money and a lot of years. There isn't a good track record in sports for players with long-term contracts, so you're always nervous. But sometimes you're forced to do it because of market conditions.
Eddy Curry -
I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.
Carson Palmer -
Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
George Steinbrenner
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Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.
Stephen Covey -
If athletes went to the races more and to the backside in the morning, I think more people would get involved because, as an athlete, we can relate to what the horses go through. Training routine, injuries, massages, etc.
Rashard Lewis -
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
Evan Esar -
But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established.
Shinzo Abe -
An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience.
Ray Bradbury -
I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what they do in a really incredible way.
Chad Harbach
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Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.
Michael B. Jordan -
One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom.
Meryl Davis -
Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the conscience is vital to the truly proactive, highly effective person. Training and educating the conscience, however, requires even greater concentration, more balanced discipline, more consistently honest living. It requires regular feasting on inspiring literature, thinking noble thoughts and, above all, living in harmony with its still small voice.
Stephen Covey -
Marian is one of the top players in this league. He's an unbelievable athlete, and he's strong on the puck.
Bob Hartley