Quotes about athlete
athlete accomplishment transition
My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
athlete years chance
Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. Leigh Steinberg
athlete reality alcohol
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.
athlete generations use
For a generation that gets most of its information off a computer screen (be it Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter or what have you), an athlete has to be very careful about the public/private aspect of that. Be careful not to be overly critical, be careful with use of language, and understand the whole world is watching.
athlete college men
If men are paid/praised more than women for the same work than it always pays to allow the man to have more freedom to pour himself into his work - think of athletes, actors over the age of 28, lawyers, accountants, college deans... Julianna Baggott
athlete school kids
In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three. Julianne Moore
athlete willpower used
Willpower is that thing CEOs and professional athletes tell us they used to make it to the top. Joyce Meyer
athlete ambition california
Laurence Olivier said if you have ambition to be a serious classical actor, you must be as fit as an athlete. For me, the breakthrough was going to live in California. I exercised. I drank less. It was one of the things about California that had a positive impact on me. Patrick Stewart
athlete people needs
People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money. Patrick Ewing
athlete overwhelmed incredibles
I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances. Nancy Greene
athlete garden actors
I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything. So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me. Paul Newman
athlete practice coaches
Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice. Paul Brown
athlete jocks
I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do. Marion Jones
athlete thinking years
I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.
athlete mimicry theft
Every athlete learns by theft and mimicry. Pat Conroy
athlete elite-athletes concentration
The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer. Julia Leigh
athlete hard-work careers
To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching. Julia Mancuso
athlete cat hyacinths
But she was already in. Gareth couldn't help but stand back in admiration. Hyacinth Bridgerton was clearly a natural born athlete. Either that or a cat burglar. Julia Quinn
athlete imagination focus
I was a terrible athlete and a pretty bad student. I couldn't focus. My imagination was always racing. Lisi Harrison
athlete winning games
I'm not an athlete; I'm a quarterback. I don't have great speed, and I can't throw 90 yards down the field. I win games because I've done the mental preparation. Joey Harrington
athlete times-have-changed changed
Times have changed. The athletes have changed. Joe Namath
athlete devotion specialty
The athlete must make a devotion of his specialty. Paavo Nurmi
athlete men space
NASA might do well to adopt the Red Bull approach to branding and astronautics. Suddenly the man in the spacesuit is not an underpaid civil servant; he's the ultimate extreme athlete. Red Bull knows how to make space hip. Mary Roach
athlete years trying
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. Nikki Sixx
athlete school games
The thing that concerns me the most is when I hear that people are making a lot of money a lot of ways except for the athletes, whether it's on the bowl games, the TV contracts, the conferences, the schools, the coaches, however you want to say it. Nick Saban
athlete school goal
When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that.
athlete atlanta lucky
More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one. Mary Lou Retton
athlete bigs planets
Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
athlete home media
Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.
athlete winter-olympics tests
For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
athlete simple choices
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.
athlete boys opposites
Floyd Paterson? Boy, he's the complete opposite to me. He no way like me.They go down in history for just being athletes. I'm getting more praise and credit for doing what I'm doing now on this show than coming here and beating five of your English champions. Muhammad Ali
athlete law-of-attraction possible-and-impossible
Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing