Best 1605 quotes in «athlete quotes» category

I like going to the gym every day.

I like the challenge of getting players to rise to certain levels, but that's the easy part. The biggest challenge is to get them to believe in what we're doing. They have to understand that it's O.K. to have good days and bad days.

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know, confidence is fundamental to winning in any competition.

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, I don't care who it is - and I'm looking at him thinking, you have no chance.

I like using one QB. If we have two that are relatively equal, then we can't afford to have one on the bench. They need to be on the field at running back, receiver or defensive back. I'm not going to waste an athlete on the sidelines.

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.

I love coaching. I would probably be coaching. I would work in athletes and work with the youth. I would maybe do personal development and athletics. I would coach in high school or college.

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

I love it. I love the challenge of it, working with kids every day, setting goals for myself and the program. I feel it was what I was meant to do. You remember your own experiences, and you want to do it for someone else.

I love the communication aspect with my athletes. I like the one on one time with my athletes but really its about making them better athletes and finding out what makes them tick.

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.

I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do.

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

I'm afraid they've left their legs at home.

I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.

I'm a golfer - not an athlete.

I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.

I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have.

I'm an athlete; I've got an ego when stunt doubles have to come in. Not an ego like that, but when it comes to physical stuff, if I didn't have to have a stunt double, I would always probably do it myself unless the producers were jumping in and stopping me.

I'm also conscious of what this confidence that has been placed in me means. I'm going to the Games through the back door but I'm working everyday to exit through the main door!

I'm an athlete. I'm strong. I'm tough. And that's how women should be. That's how they should be built.

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 an athlete who's very determined and I understand sacrifice.

I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list.

I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'

I'm an athlete, so I can dress down with the best of them. I can throw on t-shirts and sweats with the best of them.

I'm a Mormon. I don't do a lot of the off-the-field activities that athletes are known to do. And I guess I've created a world that is unlike the typical world of a professional athlete.

I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything

I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.

I'm a shy guy... I don't enjoy being bothered but I never say no to a fan. I say yes to everybody... even though sometimes you have some days where you don't feel like it, but it's your duty as athlete to do it. Because the fans that pay it's going to make you live, so you have to do it. So I force myself to do it all the time.

I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete.

I'm calm and focused and I can't wait for the biggest sport event in the World to begin.

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

I'm excited to work with SCARPA because it's opened up a whole new playground to me as an athlete.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

I'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person.

I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the only thing I've ever thought of really my whole life, and music came into my life actually in '99, playing and singing. It's definitely been the only hobby I've had that I can't put down.

I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

I'm just a skinny kid from Maywood trying to do my best. I never took anything for granted. I never wanted to come off like some kind of big-headed, conceited athlete.

I'm never satisfied, I always want to do better. That's how it is to be an elite athlete, you're never happy. When you start getting happy and you start feeling satisfied, you're done.

I'm lucky because I have an athlete between my legs.

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

I'm not angry. As an athlete ... you should be open to criticism, and you're allowed to be criticized, because not everybody has the same opinion, not everybody likes the same players. The rankings are quite volatile: Today you're 'great,' tomorrow you're 'not,' but then you're 'great' again. It makes for great stories. Now, I always look at the long term and by doing that, obviously, I can stay calm through the storm.