Athlete Quotes

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.

I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything.

I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.

Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

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.

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad.

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

I'm a golfer - not an athlete.

I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them, in my opinion. My dad didn't push me and I didn't push my children in athletics.

I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.

I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete - incredible. Just legendary.

I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.

For an athlete, the biggest pressure comes from within. You know what you want to do and what you're capable of.

I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

Growing up, I started developing confidence in what I felt. My parents helped me to believe in myself. I wasn't the best looking guy, I wasn't the best athlete in the world, but they made me feel good about myself.