Athlete Quotes
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There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of, 'I'm going to play through it.' It's probably good at times, bad at times, but for an athlete to always try to be there and play through things, from a teammate's perspective, it speaks volumes. Now that I look back, mentally it makes you tougher.
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An athlete may not know what they're putting in their body.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a forest ranger The Lee Iacoccas, Donald Trumps, and Jack Welchs of the business world are heroes to no one except other businessmen with similar values.
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We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That's a great role model.
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Of course I want to look well and fit - and as an athlete, I want to look strong.
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I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his. I won't play forever. Some don't know when to walk away, but the smart ones do.
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Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.
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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time, the greatest female athlete of all time, the greatest athlete of all time.
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Most importantly, you have to stay true to yourself as well as those fans who made you who you are as an athlete.
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I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals.
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I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis (sic) and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.
Gail Devers -
To be the first British athlete to win a gold is amazing, but to win it in the U.K. is something else. Also, having my family here with me has made it extra special, and I know all my friends back home have been cheering me on and putting posters in their windows. I want to thank them all.
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First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
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As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.
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The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also an investor and entrepreneur.
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The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
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I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.
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It's the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.
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I was an athlete growing up. I was a wrestler, I played football, so I can take a fall. I actually wanted to be a stuntman when I was kid, so I would practice falling down the stairs. It's just something I like to do.
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Let's not call physical comedy falling down and pratfalls. All humor is physical, no matter how you dish it out. It's timing, like a dancer or an athlete would have.
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I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.
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Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.
