Quotes about athlete
athlete balls plates
He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate. Ron Atkinson
athlete winning division
But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here. Trish Stratus
athlete thinking groove
When I'm in my groove there is no thinking. Everything just happens. Ozzie Smith
athlete thinking inspire
I think every athlete that’s just out here for the Olympics just does something to inspire those around them and inspire each other. Oscar Pistorius
athlete able can-do
I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.
athlete race training
I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park. Paul Tergat
athlete mean play
You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman. Martina Navratilova
athlete games olympics
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. Pierre de Coubertin
athlete income steel
The left's obsession with the high incomes of corporate executives never seems to extend to equally high - or higher - incomes of professional athletes, entertainers, or best-selling authors like Danielle Steel. Thomas Sowell
athlete people
Marketers know that if people you respect - perhaps laughably including entertainers and athletes - say they like a product, you're more likely to buy. Robert J. Shiller
athlete goal ironic
It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate. Sarah Hughes
athlete school hard-work
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work. Roger Bannister
athlete athletic three
The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized.
athlete years people
My family actually lived in the same village for about 400 years. They had great stability until the last century. People lived and intermarried in small villages.
athlete luxury athletic
Athletics is a luxury.
athlete hard-work simple
Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.
athlete thinking feelings
I think that is a universal adolescent feeling, trying to find your place. The adolescent who is perfectly adjusted to his environment, I've yet to meet.
athlete records miles
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.
athlete race perfect
I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.
athlete race people
I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race again within another 10 days.
athlete simple race
I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.
athlete school acceptance
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.
athlete home night
Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs of the basement, and we were quite safe, but it brought home the realization. In two nights 400 people were killed in small town.
athlete
Just do what you do best. Red Auerbach
athlete kids full-potential
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
athlete player volley
I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes Richard Krajicek
athlete years important
The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important. Vera Wang
athlete thinking may
I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be. Venus Williams
athlete motto my-motto
My motto has always been that you can't say, 'Oh, it won't happen to me.' You have to say, 'That can happen to me.' So always be aware that things can happen.
athlete lifestyle difficult
You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult. Robin Yount
athlete two work-out
Madonna is an athlete; she has to be treated like a professional athlete. She doesn't work out for six hours a day, though, like some of the press says. She never works out for more than two hours a day, and then only when she has the time. Tracy Anderson
athlete passion trying
Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow. Torii Hunter
athlete nfl special
When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end. Steve Young