Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rory McIlroy

To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

Sonny Vaccaro

LeBron james came, and he gets $10 million a year. There was no stigma or blemish, like you have with one-and-done. Now people say, "He's not a student, he's an athlete." Well, of course he's not a student! He's here for one year and he told you he's here for one year, and the school took him with open arms.

Steve Carlton

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

Paula Radcliffe

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

Paula Radcliffe

In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.

Paula Radcliffe

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

Pele

If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.

Peter Sagal

We amateur athletes are peculiarly devoted to our fitness, and our obsessions can sometimes be a burden to our loved ones and a mystery to everyone else.

Piper Perabo

But at school, I wasn't athletic, and if you're not athlete in high school, it's kind of hard to find your place, so play practice seemed perfect, especially if you were as uncoordinated as I was.

Plato

He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is too soft, to effeminate. The ideal citizen is the scholar athlete, the man of thought and the man of action.

Ted Williams

God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.

Shinzo Abe

But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established.

Shaquille O'Neal

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.

Shaquille O'Neal

About strip clubs and athletes. The best way I can explain why a lot of players end up there is because it's one of the safest places a high-profile person can spend time in a boring city.

Shannon Miller

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

Shannon Miller

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

Shannon Miller

We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.

Shannon Miller

Doing your best is more important than being the best.

Usain Bolt

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

Usain Bolt

I am now a legend. I am also the greatest athlete to live.

Stefan Edberg

I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there.

Sidney Crosby

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.

Natalie Gulbis

I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete.

Tony Romo

As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.

Tony Robbins

I can't give other people what I've not experienced to some extent myself. It sharpens your game and also, like any athlete, you're more fit because you have to be. You're getting ready because you have a reason to.

Tony Robbins

Regarding the psychological, your goal must not be "I need to lose X pounds" but "I'm going to regain my identity," whether as an athlete, a conservative, a sexual being, a together person, whatever.

Robert A. Heinlein

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.

Robert A. Heinlein

[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.

Tim Pawlenty

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state.

Tiger Woods

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special.

Reggie White

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.

Tina Fey

I became immersed in the cult of improvisation. I was like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It was all about blind focus. I was so sure that I was doing exactly what I'd been put on this earth to do, and I would have done anything to make it onto that stage.