Famous quotes by Athletes

"I train like I’ve never won, and I compete like I’ve never lost"

Eileen Gu, Athlete

Eileen Gu

"It's not how fast you get there, but how long you stay"

Patty Berg, Athlete

"If you stand still, there is only one way to go, and that's backwards"

Peter Shilton, Athlete

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them"

Michael Jordan, Athlete

Michael Jordan

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it"

Michael Jordan, Athlete

Michael Jordan

"Pain is temporary. Pride is forever"

Mat Fraser, Athlete

Mat Fraser

"Success breeds success"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability"

Betty Cuthbert, Athlete

Betty Cuthbert

"Without hard work and discipline, it is difficult to be a top professional"

Jahangir Khan, Athlete

Jahangir Khan

"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"

Joe Namath, Athlete

Joe Namath

"To be the best, you need the best"

Cristiano Ronaldo, Athlete

Cristiano Ronaldo

"I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United"

Cristiano Ronaldo, Athlete

Cristiano Ronaldo

"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income"

George Foreman, Athlete

George Foreman

"Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town"

Zola Budd, Athlete

"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

Nadia Comaneci

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings"

Earl Wilson, Athlete

Earl Wilson

"I'm kind of in between a goody-goody and a rebel. I'm not bad, but I'm not good either. I'm a little crazy"

Michelle Wie, Athlete

Michelle Wie

"I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score"

Dan Gable, Athlete

Dan Gable

"The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing"

Dizzy Dean, Athlete

"I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life"

Diego Maradona, Athlete

Diego Maradona

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

Steve Prefontaine, Athlete

"At this year's Open, I'll have five boyfriends"

Anna Kournikova, Athlete

Anna Kournikova

"As a teenager, I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances"

Peter Snell, Athlete

Peter Snell

"Don't give advice unless you're asked"

Amy Alcott, Athlete

"The greens are harder than a whore's heart"

Sam Snead, Athlete

"A win is a win"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"You can't hit what you can't see"

Walter Johnson, Athlete

"You have a winner and a loser, and that doesn't bother me, I am man enough to accept that"

Michael Moorer, Athlete

"The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time"

Catfish Hunter, Athlete

"At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips"

Allen Johnson, Athlete

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