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I've been given this amazing platform as an Olympic athlete, and there are so many people out there who don't feel like their voice is being heard. I feel it's my responsibility to speak out on issues that are important.
Adam Rippon
People
Speak
Amazing
Responsibility
Important
Out
Athlete
Given
Voice
Feel
Like
Issues
Been
Heard
So Many People
Being
Who
Many
Platform
Olympic
Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Character
King
Musician
Athlete
Physically
Like
Sing
Also
Because
Still
Nat King Cole
Trumpet
Fit
While
Again
Play
Incorporate
If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. Similarly, if you're trying to broaden your mind but not also being attentive to your sense of humour and your spirit, then you're not going to grow and develop so fast.
Aimee Mullins
You
Mind
Focus
Sense
Other
Humour
Broaden
Athlete
Components
Spirit
Similarly
Develop
Attentive
Missing
Also
Trying
Going
Being
Then
Body
Your
Grow
Fast
Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.
Al Kaline
Best
First
Positions
Too
Tremendous
Signed
Run
Athlete
Ability
All-Around
Outfield
Unbelievable
Could
Throw
Had
He
Course
Hit
Mickey
Different
Shortstop
Mantle
Base
Play
Player
Number
Third
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
Al McGuire
Sports
People
Training
Country
Half
Doctors
Athlete
Classes
Percent
Bottom
Academic
Know
Question
Graduated
Fifty
Why
I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.
Albert Pujols
Training
Important
Think
Athlete
Most
Parts
Important Parts
His
Leg
Any
Workouts
Two
Core
The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.
Alberto Juantorena
Life
Important
Athlete
Able
General
Part
Most
Important Part
The Most Important
Then
Prepare
Compete
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.
Alberto Juantorena
Lasted
Out
Carry
Athlete
Athletes
Risk
Could
Pushing
Longevity
Calendar
Because
Years
Up
Burnt
Shorten
Filling
Keep
Career
I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.
Alberto Salazar
You
Personality
Tell
Would
Athlete
Could
Stuff
Particular
Misunderstandings
Leave
Lots
Happen
Conflicts
Coach
Certain
Reasons
Many
Why
I don't want to say names, but there are certain companies I won't work with because of previous people they've worked with. I don't want to be put in the same category as another athlete that I don't necessarily think is a good role model.
Alex Morgan
Work
Good
People
Think
Say
Athlete
Previous
Put
Names
Category
Another
Because
Model
Role
Role Model
Same
Want
Worked
Certain
Companies
Necessarily
Music is my sport, and I'm the number-one athlete.
Alexa Chung
Music
Athlete
Sport
I'm proud of my body, I'm proud of my sport, I'm proud of being a female athlete.
Ali Krieger
Athlete
Sport
Female
Proud
Being
Body
As an athlete in my sport, you always want to go to an Olympics.
Ali Krieger
You
Athlete
Sport
Always
Go
Want
Olympics
Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about to have kids, understands that this is so much bigger than this sport.
Allan Houston
Life
You
Every
Think
Once
Kids
Athlete
About
Sport
Understands
Than
Get
Bigger
Whether
Much
NBA
Level
Player
I'm an athlete, yes, but I'm also a woman. I'm someone who kind of, in a way, lost touch with that part of myself after I lost my legs, because there are certain feminine traits you lose when you have prosthetic legs.
Amy Purdy
Myself
You
Woman
Lose
Lost
Way
Kind
Athlete
Someone
Touch
Part
Prosthetic
Also
Because
Feminine
Yes
Traits
Legs
After
Certain
Who
My parents themselves both went to university, and they very much expected me to be an intellectual and go through further education, and it's to kind of their surprise that I became an athlete.
Ana Ivanovic
Education
Me
Parents
Further
Kind
Athlete
Both
Through
Became
Go
Surprise
Intellectual
Very
Expected
Themselves
Much
University
I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.
Anderson Silva
Respect
People
Took
Athlete
Sport
Another
Got
Get
Who
Ever
Level
I'm a Christian who happens to be an athlete, not the other way around.
Andre Ward
Christian
Other
Way
Athlete
Around
Happens
Who
The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.
Andrea Bocelli
Athlete
Similar
Opera
Singer
Sings
Activity
I'm an athlete, but I'm not a runner. I'm 5-foot-8 and stocky - not exactly a runner's type.
Andrew Lawrence
Type
Runner
Athlete
Exactly
Just having what's important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That's the most important thing when you are a professional athlete.
Angelique Kerber
You
People
Care
Important
Athlete
Having
Take
Take Care
Support
Most
Most Important Thing
Around
Important Thing
Just
The Most Important
Professional
Professional Athlete
Thing
I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.
Antoine Fuqua
Bit
Athlete
Football
Years
Up
Grew
Pittsburgh
Little
Little Bit
Baseball
Growing
Growing Up
Earlier
Played
Basketball
I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.
Arjun Rampal
Active
Ran
Athlete
Always
Been
Used
Even
Stretch
I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.
Artie Lange
Kid
Athlete
Always
Thin
A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.
Ashley Wagner
Woman
People
Girl
Athlete
See
Pretty
Like
Look
Princesses
Lot
Want
Skaters
Us
Figure
Who
Among
Watch
When I was a junior and an up-and-coming athlete, I don't think I looked to anyone for inspiration. I was so busy trying to improve myself and learning these new events and learning about the decathlon in general that I didn't really have time to focus on anyone else.
Ashton Eaton
Time
Myself
Learning
Events
Focus
Busy
Think
Else
Athlete
About
General
Inspiration
New
Looked
Up-And-Coming
Junior
Improve
Decathlon
Trying
Anyone
Anyone Else
Really
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