Famous quotes by Athletes

"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life"

Mickey Mantle, Athlete

"Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter"

Tiger Woods, Athlete

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

Steve Prefontaine, Athlete

"We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play"

Pat Williams, Athlete

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

Amy Alcott, Athlete

"It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila"

Muhammad Ali, Athlete

"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

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"They'll take everything, even your tears"

George Foreman, Athlete

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

George Foreman, Athlete

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"I've played golf with three U.S presidents"

Lee Trevino, Athlete

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

Diego Maradona, Athlete

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"Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive"

Brian Clough, Athlete

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein"

Joe Theismann, Athlete

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

Patty Berg, Athlete

"You don't just accidentally show up in the World Series"

Derek Jeter, Athlete

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way"

Babe Ruth, Athlete

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"Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games"

Babe Ruth, Athlete

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"Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously"

Evander Holyfield, Athlete

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"Success breeds success"

Mia Hamm, Athlete

"You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it"

Lionel Messi, Athlete

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

Joe Namath, Athlete

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"I want winners. I want people who want to win"

Mike Singletary, Athlete

"When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game"

Joe DiMaggio, Athlete

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"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been"

Wayne Gretzky, Athlete

"I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up"

Zinedine Zidane, Athlete

"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"I'm not black, I'm O.J"

O.J. Simpson, Athlete

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"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

Willie Mays, Athlete

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

Alex Lowe, Athlete

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward"

Vernon Law, Athlete

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