Famous Quotes & Sayings

Damon Hill

Realistically, we could aim for the top three in the constructors championship. Realistically, we could look at winning more races. Three race wins would be very satisfying.

Damon Hill

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

Damon Hill

Last year was a lifetime, a whole career in one season. We went from being the dregs to winners.

Damon Hill

You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.

Tim is an outstanding athlete who covers the court like a blanket. He is very hard to overpower and has a wealth of experience.

This squad is loaded with really great athletes and I really think they're going to make some noise in the league.

To be a student athlete is tough. You get to class and people don't realize that you have practice all week. It's very time consuming, but you build something special. You have over thirty kids on your team and you build a special bond with them that I don't think most kids in college get. It's certainly taxing.

Pierre Lueders

I'm a learning poker player. In certain races, we didn't show our best athletes or used our second best runners on the sled. You can gain a lot of confidence in races by seeing how much you can accomplish. Then you think how much better you can do once you put in the best.

I make no guarantees, but if I see a good athlete with good grades and test scores who really wants an education, and wants to play football, and is willing to go away from home, I try hard to make the fit.

Clint Mathis

Do I midnight snack? Not a lot, but sometimes. And it's usually Doritos Cooler Ranch. I know that's terrible, especially for a pro athlete, but they're just so good.

David Cone

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.

Curt Schilling

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

Curt Schilling

I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete.

Daley Thompson

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

Daley Thompson

Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.

Daley Thompson

The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.

Daley Thompson

I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.

David James

People think you must be crackers if you've got a psychologist but psychology is part of the building bricks to make a top athlete.

Aly Raisman

I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.

Aly Raisman

I think imperfection is beauty. Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I've learned to love them. I don't even think of it as a flaw anymore because it's made me into the athlete that I am.

Allyson Felix

I'm an athlete who's very determined and I understand sacrifice.

Angela Ruggiero

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

Anthony Horowitz

Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.

Darrell Royal

The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships.

Condoleezza Rice

What I tell student athletes is first of all, you've made good choices this far in order to be able to be in college and to be an athlete. Keep making good choices.

Clay Guida

A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.

Dwyane Wade

I'm an athlete, so I can dress down with the best of them. I can throw on t-shirts and sweats with the best of them.

Dwyane Wade

Before even Court Grip, I just wanted to be a part of a brand that I felt that listened to the athlete and really catered to the athlete, and gave us what we were looking for.

Dwyane Wade

An athlete needs to read situations before they happen.

We understand when there is a change in leadership, athletes could have a change in their feelings.

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

Anthony Bourdain

Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than me. Often people who are much bigger and wider than me. It can be dispiriting at first.

Andre Johnson

By being an elite athlete a lot of people think that you can go away or go places and get away with things. I'm more of the laid-back person. I don't have to go and skip the line. I don't have a problem waiting.