Famous quotes by Athletes

"Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"The best climber in the world is the one that has the most fun"

Alex Lowe, Athlete

"I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional"

Katarina Witt, Athlete

"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results"

Wade Boggs, Athlete

"I want kids to have a chance to dream of becoming something like I did in my life, and when you're living in a home that's dysfunctional and unhealthy that way, you don't dream like that"

Picabo Street, Athlete

"I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion"

Tony Hawk, Athlete

"When money comes into play, then that's all it's about, wanting money, who's making the most, who can get the most, me, me, me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport"

Alexis Arguello, Athlete

"I had to get up, run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym, and also get good opponents as sparring partners, because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight, at least when it came to me, that's how it worked"

Alexis Arguello, Athlete

"Sports and politics don't mix"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done"

Arnold Palmer, Athlete

"Greatness is earned, not given"

J. J. Watt, Athlete

"Consistency is key to success"

Ben Smith, Athlete

"CrossFit is a way of life. You eat well, you train hard, you push yourself. It teaches you so much about yourself"

Ben Smith, Athlete

"I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast"

Evelyn Ashford, Athlete

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging"

Hank Aaron, Athlete

"I love playing football, being out on the pitch with a ball, and I will be a little sad when that ends"

Dennis Bergkamp, Athlete

"You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes"

Ralph Kiner, Athlete

"My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career"

Pete Maravich, Athlete

"You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation"

Roger Maris, Athlete

"We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that, but emotionally we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything"

Dennis Bergkamp, Athlete

"If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances"

Alberto Salazar, Athlete

"I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament"

Andre Agassi, Athlete

"We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport"

Alberto Salazar, Athlete

"You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's the pressure we put ourselves under"

Rio Ferdinand, Athlete

"There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen"

Rio Ferdinand, Athlete

"Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer"

Rick Pitino, Athlete

"Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else"

Evelyn Ashford, Athlete

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