Athlete Quotes

• I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Up
  • Think
  • Growing

• I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

  

  Bonnie Bassler
  • Team
  • Sports
  • Athlete

• I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.

  

  Roger Federer
  • Mind
  • Active
  • Crosses

• I was an only child of a father who loved me deeply, but we didn't play catch, even though I was an athlete. We didn't go fishing or hunting or any of the things I wanted to do. Why not? He just didn't do that.

  

  Charlie Rose
  • Why
  • Father
  • Hunting

• Because I am Olympic champion, everyone assumes I am this perfect athlete who should never lose. Every time I step in the ring, I am expected to win.

  

  Jade Jones
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Champion

• As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

  

  Walter Dean Myers
  • Child
  • Professional
  • Lawyer

• I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'

  

  Jessica Simpson
  • Athlete
  • Ironic

• As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Time
  • Training
  • Selfish

• I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day.

  

  Apolo Ohno
  • Life
  • Athlete
  • Schedule

• Growing up, you'd see Michael Jordan on everything from Gatorade to shoes - everything. Obviously, that's something pretty cool for an athlete to aspire to.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Up
  • Pretty
  • Growing

• Support the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do.

  

  Don Kardong
  • Good
  • Help
  • Parents

• In high school and college, I was an athlete.

  

  David Duchovny
  • School
  • High
  • College

• I'm a huge fan of Conor McGregor, an incredible athlete. What he has done for MMA is phenomenal; he has been a great supporter of me.

  

  Katie Taylor
  • Great
  • Done
  • Athlete

• The problem with being married to an athlete who is, like, 19 feet tall and can just eat, like, 17 burgers at 11 o'clock at night is, you're like, 'I'll have just three of those burgers,' and you think you're being good because he had 19 and you had three!

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Good
  • Night
  • Problem

• My character is just an extension of me. The in-ring work, the things that will always be said about me: Big, overbearing, powerful, in-your-face, couldn't wrestle - I never needed to wrestle. Why did I need to learn how to wrestle? Did Hulk Hogan need to learn how to wrestle? Nope. Is Hulk Hogan a good athlete? Nope.

  

  Bill Goldberg
  • Good
  • Work
  • Why

• When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • World
  • Live
  • Dream

• 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.

  

  Bianca Walkden
  • Life
  • Help
  • Achievement

• I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there.

  

  Stefan Edberg
  • Feelings
  • Athlete
  • Exciting

• I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Important
  • Success
  • Yourself

• I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.

  

  Dominique Dawes
  • Believe
  • Athlete

• I was an athlete when I was growing up.

  

  Jeremy Renner
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Athlete

• I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.

  

  Brian J. White
  • Time
  • Good
  • Money

• I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Sports
  • Basketball
  • Winter

• The Rock is the Rock, you know? He's the ultimate athlete, the professional man with precision. And you want precision from a 270-pound living, walking brick wall.

  

  Jason Statham
  • Rock
  • Walking
  • Wall

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