Top 1200 Coaches And Athletes Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on December 3, 2024.
As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.
As athletes, you always know that mistakes happen, and not everyone is perfect, and you can't be perfect.
Considering the relatively brief careers of professional athletes, teenagers who are good enough to play at the highest level should be able to exploit that market.
Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models.
I've been around enough athletes to know when someone is working, someone's not.
I want to express my deepest apology to the athletes, the people of Salt Lake City in Utah and the millions of citizens worldwide who love and respect the games.
I grew up with a lot of talented athletes through high school, through college.
It takes about eight years to develop as an Olympic athlete, very few athletes actually who go there win medal in their first Games.
I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.
I think, when people think of NFL athletes, they forget that they are citizens of this country, that they are bothered by the problems that we all face.
I enjoy wrestling. I enjoy the sport. I get to go against the world's best athletes.
For professional athletes, I always think about it in these terms: the most difficult diva of women's soccer would be the easiest NBA player ever.
The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can.
Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do.
You don't want athletes who are as dry as a bone, you don't want to turn your TV on and see someone boring.
I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.
Most pro athletes are super competitive, super clutch, and they don't want to lose at anything.
You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.
I've been following some of the coaches, trying to get a little bit more experience, because coaching is very different from being a player.
I think hydration is an important topic. Drinking plenty of fluids is especially important for athletes.
All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
Above all, the fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as the entire franchise, deserve and need our players and coaches to dig deep within themselves.
I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes.
Obviously, the competition at an Olympics, the emotions are running high, and the stakes are higher for these athletes, so it does bring an incredible, palpable excitement and emotion into the building.
Pro athletes, how they go through the world is so elevated. The bubble they're in is one of entitlement. And that starts young. By the time they're in college, they've had it a lot of their life.
Under Armour's success depends in part on endorsements from celebrity athletes, many of whom - like Stephen Curry, the basketball star - are African-American.
We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.
When a country doesn't respect Black lives, maybe it doesn't deserve to be entertained by Black athletes.
Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown.
The important thing for the future is that our schools and clubs have more and better coaches and teachers to ensure that all that enthusiasm, spirit and talent is harnessed and developed.
I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.
The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field.
There were very few people who were both intercollegiate athletes and Star Men.
These athletes can be considered the gods in certain ways and the fans can be considered parishioners.
Sports not only build better athletes but also better people.
Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.
Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.
All you've ever seen in the UFC was the greatest athletes in the world. Never, ever did we do a freakshow and we won't.
I think people have a misconception of athletes when they think about what goes through their heads, you know what I'm saying?
All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once.
They eat clean, they don't drink sodas, they don't have fast food. My kids eat like pro athletes.
I was diagnosed with asthma when I was 18 during my freshman year at UCLA. I refused to accept it - and I hid it from my coaches and teammates. But ignoring my problem didn't make it go away.
The best of the best are in the Olympics, all of the athletes work hard to get there.
The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best.
The way I play - I'm the guy moving, coming off screens, getting up and down the floor. I should be one of the better-conditioned athletes out there.
When I first began competing, brands were quite hesitant to feature disabled athletes in advertisements, perhaps due to a fear of offending consumers.
My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.
Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.
As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit.
We judge athletes as if we all don't have trouble performing our various duties from time to time.
There are some athletes who I feel like are just looking for likes, and then there are people who are just real.
Some college athletes don't want to turn pro, they don't want to take the cut in pay.
I think it's important that we as athletes do whatever we can to help kids, primarily helping kids of color.
As athletes, we want to represent our country to the best of our ability.
I think sometimes fans or people kind of get confused. They think these athletes or superstars aren't human, but they are.
It's important to remember that because these athletes exercise so beyond what even a normal active person would, they generally must also supplement their diet.
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.
There was a time when only athletes had sneakers. Entertainers having sneakers, on any level, is a blessing.
What keeps athletes going is the optimism we are going to be able to compete again.
I just think it's really great to see athletes painted in a picture that you don't usually get to see us in.
