Famous Quotes & Sayings

He's our only athlete for the last couple of years that's done four events. We use him everywhere we need some talent.

Brian Martin

He's probably the most focused athlete I've met in my career.

He's probably our biggest leader. He really sets an example, not just for the team but the whole Lourdes program. He's a good athlete and works hard every time he's on the court.

He's probably one of the better all-around athletes we have.

He's really trying to motivate the younger kids, be a leader in practice and during meets, and right now he's in that caliber of one of our top athletes that we get through here every year.

He's really beginning to grasp the concepts we've been teaching him as far as how to read routes and when to throw. He's a very good athlete and a smart kid. He's developing well.

I don't really believe our athletes are aware of the effect of steroids. I think we should require every student athlete to attend a class to educate them about the damage of steroid use.

I don't know if I've ever faced an athlete that dominant in Little League, college or the pros.

I don't know if it's in the public consciousness as it was a few months ago, ... Steroids are bad, we don't want our athletes to use them and it sets poor examples for our young people, but we've just seen a massive failure of governance on the national and local level.

Jim Larranaga

I don't know how he does it. He's the most unique athlete I've ever been around.

George Foster

I didn't try to get to 338. It was a natural progression. ... You have to monitor yourself. If you don't feel right, you have to tell someone. The natural inclination of an athlete is to fight through things.

Mark Buchanan

I didn't think we'd shut them out, but I thought we could contain them if we played physical inside -- and we did. Coach (Toby) Tabor had the defense ready to go. We have a lot of good athletes out there, and we've got good athletes on the sidelines, too. Our depth is one of our strong points.

I didn't know what to expect from him. But for him to tech fall is a credit to the kind of athlete he is.

Jack LaLanne

All athletes would be better if they eat better. Junk in equals Junk out.

Jack LaLanne

When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot. The doctors used to say, "Don't go to that Jack LaLanne, you'll get hemorrhoids, you won't get an erection, you women will look like men, you athletes will get muscle-bound -- this is what I had to go through.

Jack LaLanne

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.

Jack LaLanne

You can exercise vigorously and eat junk and get by. But you can't eat perfectly and not exercise. Look at many athletes today; they are human garbage cans. They eat anything, but they exercise so hard they burn it up. But why not exercise and put the right fuel in too?

Jack Nicklaus

I think in my case winning fans came as a result of winning tournaments. Certainly, I didn't have too many supporters when I came on Tour. I didn't look like an athlete, I was overweight, had a crew cut, baggy clothes and on top of that I didn't smile much. I was very serious about my game, literally and figuratively the heavy.

Jack Nicklaus

If a guy is a good athlete, he'll end up being a pretty decent golfer if he just takes it up. But you never master it; even the best players in the world never master the game.

Jack Nicklaus

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

Jennifer Rizzotti

I love it. I love the challenge of it, working with kids every day, setting goals for myself and the program. I feel it was what I was meant to do. You remember your own experiences, and you want to do it for someone else.

George Wilson

Anybody who is a professional athlete who has a social media account on any of the networks, when they sign up for that account, they subject themselves to all of the criticisms and all of the praises that may or may not be out there. So you can't get on social media and complain about the people because that's what you know you're dealing with. You have to hear it. You don't have to respond. Me personally, I don't respond to the negativity. It's gonna be there. I read it. It keeps me grounded.

Nancy Greene

I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.

Serena Williams

I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.

Serena Williams

The guy is the greatest male athletes of all time.

Serena Williams

I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.

Serena Williams

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'

Michelle Kwan

As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.

Michelle Kwan

When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a challenge. The Olympics, they don't define me, I've had some good and some bad. But it's all about the Olympic experience.

Sebastian Coe

Throughout my athletic career, the overall goal was always to be a better athlete than I was at the moment – whether next week, next month or next year. The improvement was the goal. The medal was simply the ultimate reward for achieving that goal.

Scott Speedman

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.

Ray Allen

There is an entire culture out there built around siphoning money from an athlete, and the young men and women who come through just feed the machine.

Sloane Crosley

Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want - and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack.