Top 1200 Great Athlete Quotes & Sayings - Page 17
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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Before being an athlete, I'm a person, a human being, like the ones Open Arms are saving every day.
First of all I'm not a fan of Twitter. Nothing against their program or what they have, but as an athlete I think you need to get off of Twitter.
I'm an athlete, my job is not negotiating, it's not my field of expertise. I'm an emotional guy - it's normal, a lot of athletes are, and we're very susceptible to get our ego cut because of that.
I'm training at Alliance because they encourage me, and they motivate me, and they try to build on my uniqueness as a fighter, as an athlete.
You have to be an athlete. A sense of timing is vital. So is dedication. Being a stuntman calls for qualities usually associated with being a dancer.
A female professional athlete has to have the whole package, as opposed to a guy who can just be good at sport. You have to have a job or go to uni or do three sports instead of one, you have to be a standout.
Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
I've just remained open to growing. What I mean by that is, when you're an older athlete you can become set in your ways. Each year I try to break a bad habit.
Have you seen any African American athlete that appeals to the urban market actually bring that market to the MMA?
Any top-level athlete, it's always the same. There's always that hint of arrogance there... It's hard to be humble when you're the best.
It was so fun, 2006, 2007, 2008. I went into the gym and I felt like I was winning in the gym, which is important for an athlete.
The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
The life of a boxing athlete is short, so I don't have time to waste or time to take tune-up fights or whatever.
Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.
First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and tolerance.
To stay in one time zone and play in a great conference - a great all-around conference, but, specifically, a great basketball conference - is a great thing.
I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself.
I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life.
I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.
It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.
My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.
Strength training is an important part of every athlete's training program, but for me it's become almost like a sanctuary.
A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox.
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete of the year twice.
There is one thing on which most athletes and experts seem to agree. If you want to be an elite athlete, good nutrition at a young age is an important place to start.
The simplest, most impactful question that you can ask an athlete, or ask anyone, is 'What do you want to accomplish? What's your goal?'
To have a great player like Neymar at PSG would be a great honour. He's a phenomenal player, and to have great player is a great thing for the team.
I'm not a great manager; I try to be a great leader. And for me, that's been going through a process of not how to be a great CEO but how to be a great Evan, and that's really been the challenge.
I'm not an athlete dater, really. I would get too jealous. They're really gone all the time. Different hotel rooms.
I've always wanted to be an athlete, I loved sport and PE in school and always watched the Olympic Games on TV.
Everything in moderation is what I always try to tell myself. But whether you're an athlete or not, its always important to eat healthy.
I think that becoming a successful rock band is a little like becoming a professional athlete. Nobody plans on it.
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. I'll never be a frustrated athlete.
I train my entire body to be strong. To be a professional athlete, we need every part to be strong - the core, the legs, arms.
We're not in the business of making doorknobs. We're in the business of people. There are things you have to do these days as a coach and as a teacher to deal with the modern athlete.
I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd.
I knew that if I was going to be a model, that it was going to be in the body type that I am. As an athlete, as a woman with hips and thighs and curves, that was me.
Competitiveness drives my blood. I'm an athlete at heart and I just love the competition. I can't live without it. It's just a rush.
I want to see Ronda coming back, her finishing her career with a win. Every athlete deserves that.
As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.
I'm a firm believer in quiet confidence. By that I mean knowing inwardly that you are good, and not exhibiting a boastful attitude outwardly. If an athlete doesn't believe in himself, no one else will.
Ask the proficient athlete, artist, businessperson, or homemaker what creates excellence and they'll all agree: a commitment to long-term goals - and with a community of mentors and fellow "disciples."
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a cameo.
Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.
In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
If to be great means to be good, then Denis Diderot was a little man. But if to be great means to do great things in the teeth of great obstacles, then none can refuse him a place in the temple of the Immortals.
I remember running at school sports day, and I would win everything, but I wasn't a super athlete or a superstar at high school.
If you're a professional athlete, and after the game, you're eating at the same place that somebody in the audience is eating at? You're making a mistake.
All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.
When you get off five or six months, and you're not competing as an athlete, you want to get back out on the field.
Just having what's important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That's the most important thing when you are a professional athlete.
If you want to run for president, you better be an athlete. It's 24/7. It never ends. You give up your personal life completely and you have something of a chance to be shot.
Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day.' If you don't think that's important, you don't know what's inside an athlete's soul.
The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.
I know as an athlete I want to use the platform for good and make a difference in a positive way. I think I can do that, and I want to do that.
To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.
