87 Athletics Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics. Flea

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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer. Fleur East

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That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day. Florence Griffith Joyner

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While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations. Gail Devers

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All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way? Garth Stein

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When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion. Greg Rutherford

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When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London. Greg Rutherford

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I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics. Herschel Walker

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When I was in Class II, we used to walk about 5 km. to school. I did not know of Olympics or even athletics then. One day, a friend went in a car and left me behind. I was so angry, I wanted to run and outrace the car. I ran so fast that I tripped and fractured my knee. Hima Das

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With athletics, you put all that training in for only two major championships a year and the Olympics every four years. So when you get on top of the podium, it is relief and excitement and... Oh! it has all been worthwhile... the hard work, the sacrifices. Jessica Ennis-Hill

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The closer I get to retirement, the more I feel it will be a huge change, a shock, because athletics has been the core of my whole life. I know I'll miss the feeling of running fast, the adrenaline rush, and hearing the crowd cheering me on. Jessica Ennis-Hill

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I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports. Joe Namath

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I can't compare family to athletics. Joe Namath

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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics. Karen DeCrow

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Thankfully, I found athletics. My mum didn't like it at first, but the funny thing is that, now, she's the biggest athletics fan out there. She's a real expert, and she's got all the heptathlon books. Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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If the IAAF feel that is the right way to go for TV rights and everything, the rule will stay. As much as I want to be on the podium, tonight is a sad night for athletics. Kim Collins

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