Quotes on Athletes

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds.

Author: George Allen, Sr.

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.

Author: Ralph Boston

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

Author: Linford Christie

We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star.

Author: Linford Christie

The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best.

Author: Sasha Cohen

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.

Author: Bob Costas

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.

Author: Anita Desai

Everywhere you look these days you see Carolina athletes.

Author: Lorrie Fair

Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.

Author: Haile Gebrselassie

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

Author: Lisa Guerrero

I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman.

Author: Lisa Guerrero

That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.

Author: Martina Hingis

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

Author: Michael Jordan

We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over.

Author: Alberto Juantorena

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way.

Author: Alberto Juantorena

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.

Author: Alberto Juantorena

I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner.

Author: Alberto Juantorena

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes.

Author: Richard Krajicek

Athletes who take to the classroom naturally or are encouraged to focus on grades should be able to do well in the classroom. I believe the reason you go to college is to get your degree. It's not a minor league or an audition for the pros.

Author: Rebecca Lobo

We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.

Author: Shannon Miller

My concentration level blocks out everything. Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

Author: Edwin Moses

They see themselves as athletes and only athletes.

Author: John Murray

Without a doubt, professional boxers are the most exploited athletes in our Nation.

Author: Charles Pickering

Today, many fans are saddened and upset by the lack of integrity they see in professional boxing that has significantly weakened the sport - the most deplorable problem of which is the treatment of the sport's athletes.

Author: Charles Pickering

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support.

Author: Mary Retton

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

Author: Mary Retton

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

Author: Deion Sanders

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

Author: Willie Stargell

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

Author: Willie Stargell

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.

Author: Major Taylor

The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball.

Author: Isaiah Thomas

I have read many studies out of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and they demonstrated that Vitamin E, Co-Q-10, and Fish Oil could protect the immune system of athletes and prevent disease.

Author: Bill Toomey

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.

Author: Bill Toomey

Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.

Author: Ryan White

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

Author: Armstrong Williams