Top 1200 Greatest Athlete Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.

I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say.

The whole Miami Heat team is my least my favorite athlete. Why? Because they keep beating my Pacers.

With the ball I can run 37kmh but I've never been timed without it because my job is to play football. I'm not an athlete.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people.

I loved DDT for the freedom; I was able to tell the wackiest and wildest of stories but also test myself as an athlete.

One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be. Respect yourself and respect the integrity of others as well. The greatest thing you have is your self image, a positive opinion of yourself. You must never let anyone take it from you.

Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.

One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom.

I should have stayed an athlete, body well-tuned, cruising around with my accountant in a Porsche, maroon and chrome.

I became a process-oriented athlete; one who believed in giving it his best shot and not bothering about the outcome.

The nWo was the greatest time in professional wrestling because we were going into mixed stadiums like the Georgia Dome. That was one of the greatest times in pro wrestling and was the most profitable time in pro wrestling.

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.

Honestly, it's not the medals that I feel so proud of. It's the way I conducted myself as an athlete, the hard work that I put forward.

100 percent, I'm a natural athlete. From when I was younger, I played so many different sports and I've got a competitive mindset.

The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.

I'm the king of the world, I am the greatest, I'm Muhammed Ali, I shook up the world, I am the greatest, I'm king of the world, I'm pretty, I'm pretty, I'm a baaaad man, you heard me I'm a baaad man, Archie Moore fell in four, Liston wanted me more, so since he's so great, I'm a make him fall in eight, I'm a baaad man, I'm king of the world! I'm 22 years old and ain't gotta mark on my face, I'm pretty, I easily survived six rounds with that ugly bear, because I am the greatest.

As a kid, playing sports, I was never the best athlete on my teams, but I was always the guy people looked at as the workhorse.

I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.

The Passion of Christ is the greatest and most stupendous work of Divine Love. The greatest and most overwhelming work of God's love.

I would say that one of the hardest things for an athlete, and really anybody of any profession, is that we create our identity in what we do.

As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.

I do think Under Armour is setting a new example for what a ballerina is, and that you can be feminine and an athlete and represent what a woman is at the same time.

The prostheses do not run the race on their own: there is an athlete who does the work, and the prosthetics do not make a significant difference to the time.

As soon as I had a child, he became the priority. Now, I fit my training around him. I've changed as an athlete.

They say football is America's greatest game, but it's not. The greatest game in America is called opportunity. Football is merely a great expression of it.

I used to be a pretty decent athlete when I was young. I would like to really focus on getting back into shape.

If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo's probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.

I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.

That's sometimes the hardest thing to do as a professional athlete, because when you get lit up, you wear it, especially as a starting pitcher.

McGregor sells the show and fights well, he's a real athlete who doesn't get out of shape and is always training.

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think that's a role that we should allow.

People have this idea that opera singers are overweight and sit at home eating bonbons. But I consider myself an athlete.

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.

I don't read books. I read 'On the Road' in high school, and that was awesome, so I guess that's my favorite book. 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' even though I didn't read it, that's the greatest story. SparkNotes came in when I was in high school, and that was the greatest invention.

I was a Division I college athlete, and I grew up with five brothers and two sisters. I've always been a competitor.

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

I would never advocate the use of dope because, you know, I'm not a professional athlete and I don't have access to the good stuff.

U.S.A. greatest country in world. Sheikie-baby live in the America. I live in Atlanta, the L.A. and the New York City - greatest city in the world.

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think thats a role that we should allow.

Johnny was an athlete who didn't play sport. His first love was baseball, but he didn't think he had it in him to be a professional.

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart. You can have the greatest coaches in the world, all the opportunities to play, and the greatest equipment, but if you don't have it inside, you're not going to make it. On the other hand, if you don't have any of those luxuries but you have heart and courage and the guts to go out there and grind it out, then you'll make it.

As a professional athlete, whether it's traveling or being in a hotel room, you gotta let your time go somewhere.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete.

My social life is friends at the pool; I have just finished school as I am now a full-time athlete.

The [Oregon] Journal in its head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and machinations, believing in the principles that promise the greatest good to the greatest number-to ALL MEN, regardless of race, creed or previous condition of servitude... It will be a fair newspaper, not a dull and selfish sheet.

Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

If I meet somebody and they ask me what position I play, I always just say an 'athlete' or that I do a lot of things.

All the kids are gone. It's the greatest thing that has ever happened to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hanks. I'll tell you that right now. Second greatest after having the kids in the first place. When they go, holy smoke, it's like you're dating again. It's fantastic. Also, we were doing an awful lot of work.

Acting isn't like being an athlete. There's no real quantifiable measure. It's just a bunch of people feeling things.

When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.