87 Athletics Quotes for You to Enjoy

In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance. Kirsty Coventry

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I've always been active: netball, hockey, rounders, athletics. Lara Pulver

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I had discipline in other areas but certainly not in athletics. Lucas Till

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When I'm playing football, it's what I know; it's what I'm good at. The spotlight is not just on you: you're with 10 of your team-mates. I could have done other sports, like tennis and athletics, but I like being part of a team where it's not just about you; it's about everybody. Lucy Bronze

I played rugby in the winter, cricket in the summer, and for a brief period was on the books at Cardiff City. Athletics was only sports day for me. In fact, I never really liked it. I was never too keen on a sport that didn't have a ball at your feet. Lynn Davies

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I started athletics in 1999, throwing discus and shot put. I didn't tell my family when I started boxing. Mary Kom

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Nothing has done more to bring people of different races and different backgrounds together than athletics, certainly more than politicians have done. It's why the Greeks invented the Olympics. Mike Leach

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I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can. Mo Farah

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Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it. Mo Farah

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Because of athletics, I got real comfortable with risk at a young age. Molly Bloom

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If you look at the coverage of female sports and athletics across any of the broadcasters that participate in league rights and/or sports programming, women are underrepresented, and it's a chance and an opportunity for Lifetime to support that movement and the importance of athletics and competition for girls and women. Nancy Dubuc

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I grew up in athletics, where people keep score. Phil McGraw

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The Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics. Rain Dove

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So why am I an A's fan? Because, from 1901 to 1954, they were the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia is my home town. The A's were the team I loved as a kid, and no gap of space or time can fray that bond. Richard Corliss

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Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends. Sally Pearson

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Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind. Sally Pearson

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I had always been involved in athletics throughout my life. Samoa Joe

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The great thing about athletics is that it's like poker sometimes: you know what's in your hand, and it may be a load of rubbish, but you've got to keep up the front. Sebastian Coe

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I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired me to join an athletics club, and 12 years later, with great coaching and the support of people who loved me a lot, I ended up at an Olympic Games. Sebastian Coe

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This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons. Steve Mariucci

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I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story. Susan Orlean

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College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know that. I just pity the people caught in that tender trap. And most of all, I pity those kids. Susan Orlean

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