Famous quotes by Athletes

"I have played in rain before. I have played in wind before. I have played in cold before, but not all put together. They were the hardest conditions I ever played in"

Michelle Wie, Athlete

"I don't like going to the mall. I'm not really like the other girls. I just like to go out on the golf course and play. Golf is fun and feels really good"

Michelle Wie, Athlete

"If someone wants to give you, like, $100 million, it's hard to say no. But I don't want to accept that kind of money right now. I'd feel burdened by it"

Michelle Wie, Athlete

"There are so many great players on the men's - and women's - side. Hopefully I can keep improving and eventually play in the Masters"

Michelle Wie, Athlete

"Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple"

Johan Cruijff, Athlete

"A full mind is an empty bat"

Branch Rickey, Athlete

"I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do"

Branch Rickey, Athlete

"I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

"Halas didn't believe in starting rookies"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

"We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

"Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all"

Gale Sayers, Athlete

"Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that"

Pee Wee Reese, Athlete

"I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet"

Pee Wee Reese, Athlete

"Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right"

Pee Wee Reese, Athlete

"Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were"

Pee Wee Reese, Athlete

"If I had my career to play over, one thing I'd do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them"

Pee Wee Reese, Athlete

"I believe, in my prime, I could have fought with anybody alive"

Rocky Marciano, Athlete

"I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight"

Rocky Marciano, Athlete

"I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling"

Rocky Marciano, Athlete

"What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?"

Rocky Marciano, Athlete

"In the ring, I never really knew fear"

Rocky Marciano, Athlete

"I don't want to be remembered as a beaten champion"

Rocky Marciano, Athlete

"It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity"

Terry Fox, Athlete

"I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well, don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit"

Terry Fox, Athlete

"Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people"

Terry Fox, Athlete

"Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to do their own thing now"

Terry Fox, Athlete

"All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four"

Mark Spitz, Athlete

"My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream"

Kristi Yamaguchi, Athlete

"I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life"

Shawn Johnson, Athlete

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