Athlete Quotes
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My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.
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I trained with Olympics Athlete Jeanette Kwakye - who is amazing! And Shani Anderson, who is an excellent Olympic runner. We trained five times a week; running, circuits, weights, working out in the gym, and on the track. It was an insane time.
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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.
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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.
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Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
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A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
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I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.
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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.
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I'm an African-American man with an Afro who isn't your typical athlete - who wasn't as masculine as other guys.
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My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.
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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.
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As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.
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I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
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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.
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It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.
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It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.
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I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
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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.
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As an athlete, the most important thing is the protein that you eat and the things that you put into your body. Without that, it's very hard to function throughout the day.
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It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That's not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don't believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can't do it.
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Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
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I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
