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I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.
Lou Brock
Home
You
Job
College
Lost
Inner Voice
Way
Way Home
Out
Athlete
Voice
Had
Because
Said
Go
Heard
Campus
Team
Baseball
Petrified
Actually
Inner
Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.
Lou Holtz
Life
Great
My Life
Feeling
Gone
Out
Would
Athlete
Athletes
Athletic
Various
Had
Sure
Been
Times
Ended
May
Happens
Turned
Coaching
Many
Even
Career
I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.
Lynn Samuels
Past
Nothing
Think
Athlete
Prime
Sadder
His
Than
Pro
Pro Athlete
Who
Plays
I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
Maika Monroe
Day
Labor Day
Challenge
Athlete
See
Kite
Excited
Balancing
Still
Labor
Being
Movie
Happens
While
Boarding
Working
Kate
Actress
I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
Major Taylor
Champion
Long
Living
Way
Cite
Would
Athlete
Inspiration
Clean
Clean Living
Instance
Part
Long Way
Like
Coupled
Making
Go
Proves
Efficacy
Which
Received
The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
Malcolm Gladwell
Work
Sports
Will
Fall
Too
Paradox
Athlete
Never
Pushes
He
Himself
Because
His
Endurance
Wants
Far
Hard
I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.
Maria Sharapova
Heart
Fight
Out
Athlete
Go
I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.
Marion Jones
Love
Jock
Athlete
In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.
Marion Jones
Athlete
Female
Opinion
Greatest
Jackie
In My Opinion
Ever
I've been a Nike athlete since day one.
Marshawn Lynch
Day
Nike
Athlete
Day One
Since
Been
I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight, nine hours at a time. He wouldn't drink, he wouldn't take drugs - he just danced because he had so much physical energy; he was this amazing athlete.
Martha Beck
Time
Amazing
Dance
Energy
Nine
Danced
Seven
Once
Would
Athlete
Physical
Drink
Take
Had
He
Hours
Because
Client
Go
Just
Eight
Clubs
Much
Who
Professional
Professional Baseball
Professional Baseball Player
Baseball
Baseball Player
Player
My father was an athlete, a great athlete, fought in the Marines in World War I. He was all sports and activity. My mother was all academics. I still have the complete works of Shakespeare that she had.
Marv Levy
War
Great
Sports
World
Mother
Father
Marines
Complete
Athlete
Shakespeare
Had
He
Academics
She
Still
Works
Fought
Activity
World War
World War I
Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.
Mary Kom
Good
Every
Other
Dream
Athlete
Dreamt
See
Feels
Like
Always
Materialize
Really
Playing
Olympics
I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.
Mary Kom
School
Blessed
Athlete
Athletic
Talent
Am
Reasonable
Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are highest, an athlete's brain may be at its most vulnerable.
Mary Pilon
Athlete
Athletic
Perceptions
Highest
Performance
Most
Vulnerable
Line
Brain
Precisely
May
Fan
Moment
Career
Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.
Mason Cook
Love
Meet
Everyone
Says
Favorite
Athlete
Hawk
Him
Really
Tony
I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd.
Mat Kearney
Music
People
Thought
Athlete
Known
Doing
Odd
Shock
Soccer
Really
Played
Fans - they want to see results. I've been a fan before. I get it. But I see the bigger picture, too. I would never say an athlete sucks after they've been good, because you don't know what they're going through. They might be going through something that they can't shake.
Matt Kemp
Good
You
Fans
Picture
Before
Too
Say
Would
Athlete
See
Shake
Something
Results
Through
Never
Know
Because
Been
Get
Going
Want
Fan
After
Bigger
Bigger Picture
Might
Sucks
I think people now - you know, a lot of athletes have come out and said, I would definitely accept, you know, a gay male athlete in the locker room and on my team.
Megan Rapinoe
Gay
You
People
Think
Definitely
Locker
Locker Room
Out
Would
Athlete
Athletes
Come
Know
Accept
Said
Male
Lot
Room
Team
Now
It's frustrating sometimes: as an athlete, you're thrust into the spotlight, and you know, I think this team has always done a really amazing job of understanding that we have this incredible platform; let's do something good with it.
Megan Rapinoe
Good
You
Sometimes
Amazing
Job
Understanding
Think
Incredible
Athlete
Something
Something Good
Thrust
Know
Spotlight
Always
Done
Frustrating
Really
Team
Platform
I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.
Melanie Roach
Selfish
Think
Athlete
Pretty
I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on.
Melanie Roach
Time
Mom
Family
Selfish
Three
First
Move On
Athlete
Pretty
About
Unselfish
Put
Been
Years
Very
Move
Now
I just wanted to be an athlete.
Merlin Olsen
Athlete
Just
Wanted
One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom.
Meryl Davis
Mom
Remember
Advice
Young
Would
Athlete
Give
Performer
Piece
Thank
Any
Your
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.
Michael B. Jordan
Myself
Me
Ego
Unless
Would
Athlete
Physical
Stuff
Come
Like
Stunt
Always
Got
Were
Jumping
Stopping
Double
Doubles
Producers
As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.
Michael Chang
Big
Speed
Out
Athlete
Guys
Go
Big Guys
Quickness
Against
Used
Agility
Play
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