Athlete Quotes

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.

The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

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

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

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

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

Being an athlete, you try to get protein.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

I don't think of myself as an explorer but as an athlete.

I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan.

I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

I was fully immersed in the now as an athlete.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

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.

I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.

I went through so many things personally, emotionally and mentally during that time off that I know that I'm better for it now and I think I'm a better athlete because of that.

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it.

I'm a golfer - not an athlete.

I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.