371 Athletes Quotes for You to Enjoy

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports. Billie Jean King

Sports Women People Girl Active Seventies Those Okay Athletes Had Make Accept Acceptable Females Were Times Them Much

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing. Billie Joe Armstrong

You Sports People Amazing Believe Complete Athletes See Total Highest Highest Level Human Human Beings Beings Even Now Level Things

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that. Bobby Orr

People Responsibility Believe Way Athletes Some Someone Strongly Know Friend Really Help Who Professional Professional Athletes Need

People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me. Bode Miller

Best Me People Athlete Athletes Fail Feel Like Cater Also Make Because Priority Shift Want Them Should Right Image

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things. Boris Becker

I moved to Los Angeles, and 'The Office' became successful, and the charity/cocktail party circuit is really not my scene. But I played golf, and I started getting invited to charity golf events, and I just fell in love with the game ten-fold, and at a lot of these events, there were athletes. Brian Baumgartner

Love Game Charity Events Party Circuit Athletes Angeles Scene Invited Fell Became Los Los Angeles Were Lot Office Getting Just Moved Golf Really Successful Played Started

Anyone can see why an elite athlete would want to leave a small, impoverished country where their skills were effectively uncashed winning lottery tickets. All they had to do was wash ashore almost anywhere else in the world and cash in. Yet the vast majority of Cuban boxers - and Cuban athletes in general - despite that incentive, stayed. Brin-Jonathan Butler

World Country Else Despite Would Athlete Athletes See Stayed Cash General Small Winning Vast Vast Majority Had Almost Tickets Majority Cuban Boxers Leave Were Impoverished Lottery Effectively Where Want Anyone Anywhere Anywhere Else Ashore Skills Incentive Wash Why Elite

Because when I go places and I talk to kids and I talk to parents and I talk to athletes all over, and they look at my story and they see a person, African-American or not, they see something that they can relate to. Cam Newton

Parents Relate Kids Athletes See Something Over Look Talk Because Go Person African-American Story Places

To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special. Carli Lloyd

Experience World Dream Athletes Able Entire About Entire World Something Knowing Greatest Truly While Team Special Among Compete Watching

I think you look around the world in general, and who are the most popular people in the world? You can say that politicians and musicians are up there, but I guarantee you that athletes are ranked right up at the top if not more than a lot of those people. When you're well known, people look at you - especially kids. They want to be you. Case Keenum

You Musicians People World Politicians Think Top Say Those Ranked Kids Athletes General More Look Most Well Well Known Known Around Lot Up Than Want Who Popular Right Guarantee

The athletes are still out competing the same as a Division I team, and I think we've done a good job of creating an atmosphere where they're responsible for their actions and their play. Cat Osterman

Good Good Job Job Think Out Responsible Athletes Atmosphere Division Still Same Done Where Creating Team Actions Play Competing

For most athletes, there's a focus on your own fitness, but I have to rely on my horse, too. I've been very lucky so far, and it hasn't presented a problem, but you can never count on a competition going as planned until you're there and actually doing it. Charlotte Dujardin

Fitness You Problem Competition Focus Own Too Athletes Rely Horse Count Never Most Until Doing Been Very Going Far Planned Your Lucky Actually Presented

I've always been a big fan of the Body Issue. Growing up as an athlete and having a very athletic body, I was always able to relate to them and look up to the athletes who posed for it. Charlotte Flair

Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents... but he continually had physical accidents... he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing. Chevy Chase

I feel like I have this different opportunity that not a lot of athletes may have. It's the fact that I'm Korean-American, and the Olympics are going to be in Korea, but I'm also riding for the States. I feel like I got really lucky that it got all pieced together - my first Olympics, being in Korea where most of my family is. Chloe Kim

It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker. Chris Cleave

Knowledge Sometimes Extremely Slightly Tormented Athletes Something Small Could Beaten Had Spoken Accept Been Years Quicker Done Different Happened Afterwards Them Hard Who Ever Margin Second

Everyone, especially athletes and fans everywhere, need to make sunscreen and sun protection a priority. Christen Press

Protection Fans Everyone Everywhere Sun Athletes Sunscreen Make Priority Need

I want soccer to be a stable profession that attracts young female athletes when they graduate from college. Christen Press

College Young Athletes Attracts Female Graduate Stable Want Soccer Profession

Ads sway kids' preferences. Star athletes spokespeople sway kids' preference. Chuck Norris

Kids Athletes Ads Sway Preference Preferences Star

It's important to remember that because these athletes exercise so beyond what even a normal active person would, they generally must also supplement their diet. Chuck Norris

Remember Important Active Must Would Athletes Supplement Generally Beyond Also Because Exercise Normal Person Diet Even

Athletes Quotes

No more athletes quotes