Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Thorpe

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Jim Thorpe.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Jim Thorpe

James Francis Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also played American football, professional baseball, and basketball.

I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.
Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else.
I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing. — © Jim Thorpe
I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.
The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.
I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].
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