Top 1200 Pro Athlete Quotes & Sayings - Page 18
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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
I think as an athlete, especially in a sport like athletics, we don't wear very much on the track, so you have to look the part.
I'm an athlete. Anything that involves running or jumping I've always been excited about, so basketball was exciting.
I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.
A medal in Tokyo Olympics is my target, it's the ultimate for an athlete. I am still young and my best is yet to come.
I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
I don't want to say that when you're an athlete, you take things for granted, but you do. We're supposed to go out and think we're invincible. We're not.
I'm not your average athlete. I'm good at other things. I'm not just a basketball player. I'm multi-talented.
Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
There is no greatness without passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.
Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value.
I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.
The holidays are important, but the path I've chosen doesn't take that into consideration. I do what I can to enjoy them, but it's one of the sacrifices of being an athlete.
I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.
Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.
I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.
I'm an athlete - my legs were everything. I had no idea what my life would be like without them.
I'm very pro-America, but I feel it necessary to keep in touch with Europe to maintain a perspective.
What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint.
Track and field is definitely a science and each year as an athlete you try to develop and become stronger.
After college I was like, Oh, I want to play pro,' but I didn't know exactly what that meant.
My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time.
I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.
You might be an elite-level athlete in the room, but if no one gets to see you display your craft it doesn't matter.
I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.
I've been an athlete and competitor my whole life, and there's nothing more that I get off on than competition.
Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I am today.
It's very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal.
If a person, an athlete is not versed in something, their first reaction when there is a bad situation is not a good feeling. It's panic.
My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.
I'm still an athlete at heart, so I always want that comfort and something that feels like an athletic shoe.
Obviously, that's the thing any athlete wants to be able to do, to take weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
The MGR Sivaji awards are organised by the PRO stalwarts in the industry whom I actually respect.
Gina Carano is a great athlete, and I'd be happy if she returns to MMA - doesn't matter if it's against Ronda.
The things that I rely on, USADA doesn't have a problem with them. I'm gonna continue to be the same athlete that I've always been.
It is an honor and privilege to be able to be in a position to utilize my platform as a professional athlete to support the lives of others.
I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
There's this incredibly young, dynamic, educated population in Iran that is essentially pretty pro-American.
Another soldier has been killed. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
I guess every athlete has in the back of his mind being good at a sport and making it big.
I know that if I'm going to take myself to where I want to go as an athlete and a person, I have to look at all my training options.
I was shocked after hearing the news of Milkha Singh's death. He was a great athlete... an inspiring personality.
Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student.
You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman.
After any game you're going to get the love, the hate: That's just what comes with being a professional athlete.
I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.
It's humbling how my peers view me as not only one of the best Olympic power and weightlifters, but as an athlete.
As a football player, as an athlete, as a competitor, that dream of playing the Super Bowl... I was never going to lose that.
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it.
There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.
Being a minority athlete in this sport, it's been wrought with challenges, but I wouldn't consider myself a trail blazer.
I wouldn't take any of my injuries back; I feel like I'm stronger as an athlete because of all those setbacks.
I think you always strive to get better as an athlete. That's the difference between good and great, in my opinion.
