Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lance Armstrong

I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

Lance Armstrong

Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits

Lance Armstrong

What athletes do may not be that healthy, the way we push our bodies completely over the edge to the degrees that are not human. I've said all along that I will not live as long as the average person.

Lance Armstrong

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

Lance Armstrong

I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me.

Lance Armstrong

Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?

Lance Armstrong

I have never doped … I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one.

James Joyce

There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet first, so we are all human.

James Roday

Actors geek out over athletes. Everyone knows that.

Libby Trickett

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

Jon Bon Jovi

Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.

Johnny Weir

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

Johnny Weir

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

Johnny Weir

I definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both.

Johnny Weir

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

Johnny Weir

I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned.

Johnny Bench

There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think, you're called cocky or conceited. But if you have an objective in life, you shouldn't be afraid to stand up and say it. In the second grade, they asked us what we wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a ball player and they laughed. In the eighth grade, they asked the same question, and I said a ball player and they laughed a little more. By the eleventh grade, no one was laughing.

Lynn Samuels

I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.

Nigel Mansell

Firstly the cars aren't too complicated. They have no traction control, for example, which means you can spin if you try too hard and damage your tires if you're not careful with your driving style.

Nigel Mansell

Every GP Masters race will stand out because we will be available for fans, media and sponsors.

Nigel Mansell

I consider myself one of a very small handful of drivers in the world that are top drivers. The best one? I don't think anybody can say they're the best one because, from one week to the next, you can be on form or off form a little bit.

Nigel Mansell

Alain will do everything in his power to win, he doesn't like getting beaten by anyone and least of all me.

Nigel Mansell

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.

Nigel Mansell

The first race is really just something that we will all need to get through. Until people see the cars in action I don't think they will understand how quick they will be, which means they are going to be tiring to drive.

Nigel Mansell

The Masters is going to be an awesome challenge.

Nigel Mansell

The preparation, commitment and desire to win will be no less than the last time I drove a grand prix car in anger.

Nigel Mansell

Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much.

Nigel Mansell

The format of the race weekend is also very well thought out. We have enough practice time to get the cars well set-up and have a proper qualifying session where we can do as many laps as we like, which is great for the drivers and spectators.

Nigel Mansell

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.

Nigel Mansell

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with.

Nigel Mansell

I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

Nastia Liukin

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.

Nader al-Masri

If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these Bahraini or Qatari athletes.