Athlete Quotes
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I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.
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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!
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Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.
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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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Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
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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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Lets be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much. So as an athlete, I am a guy who likes the physical confrontation of the football field. I like playing nose-guard; I like having two 350 pound guys trying to rip my head off.
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I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people. I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.
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I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
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If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.
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When you see all the medals won by Team GB, you can just see how much it means to each and every athlete, so it just feel like it's a little bit of a missed opportunity - but I'm only 23. I have just got to get on now and keep going.
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In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.
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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.
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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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Why, when an athlete says something, why is it downplayed or considered not OK? I've always challenged that notion.
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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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While I'm an athlete and while I'm fighting actively, I don't intend to pursue a career in politics. What happens after that, we'll see. But I don't have an intention to do both at the same time.
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You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a person, as an athlete.
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I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.
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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.
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The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
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People also think Christians are very passive people, and that drives me crazy as an athlete because if you watch me play and compete, I'm the furthest thing from passive that you'll see on the baseball field. I love to compete, and I love to win.
