Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiBeing defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Votes: 3
Marilyn vos SavantHe who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Votes: 3
Muhammad AliThings turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. Votes: 3
John WoodenRun when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. Votes: 3
Dean KarnazesNever let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. Votes: 3
Satchel PaigeGood, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best. Votes: 3
Tim DuncanThe actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. Votes: 1
Al PacinoThe Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. Votes: 0
Pierre de CoubertinThe writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning. Votes: 0
Irving StoneMy biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. Votes: 0
Kareem Abdul-JabbarAny athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape. Votes: 0
Edoardo PontiAs an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better. Votes: 0
Marlen EsparzaAs an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain. Votes: 0
Abby WambachAs an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio. Votes: 0
Paula RadcliffeI was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point. Votes: 0
Jose CansecoBeing an athlete in a cold-weather sport is really difficult to deal with the asthma. Votes: 0
Charlie WhiteAs an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing. Votes: 0
Rashad EvansThe concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer. Votes: 0
Julia LeighOne of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible. Votes: 0
Lance ArmstrongI train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty. Votes: 0
Joe ManganielloI'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny. Votes: 0
Keegan-Michael KeyIt is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete. Votes: 0
Jim CourierI never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. Votes: 0
Mickey RourkeSupport the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do. Votes: 0
Don KardongKobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players. Votes: 0
Kareem Abdul-JabbarWe have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest. Votes: 0
Howard Warren BuffettAs an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me. Votes: 0
Ronda RouseyArthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. Votes: 0
Yannick NoahYou know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult. Votes: 0
Robin YountThe Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. Votes: 0
Tina MazeHe has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places. Votes: 0
Collette WestThe important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top. Votes: 0
Herb ElliottI see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete. Votes: 0
Natalie GulbisThere are so many highs and lows for an athlete. But the highs outweigh the lows. Votes: 0
Diandra AsbatyI think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for. Votes: 0
Eric ShanteauI mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself. Votes: 0
Tiger WoodsI was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe. Votes: 0
Keyshawn JohnsonAn athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers. Votes: 0
Albert AzaryanAs a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that. Votes: 0
Jonathan AmesI definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both. Votes: 0
Johnny WeirWhen I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all. Votes: 0
Seann William ScottWhen I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all. Votes: 0
Sean William ScottThe athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it Votes: 0
John WoodenI don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace. Votes: 0
Jackie Joyner-KerseeI am in control. What athlete you know doesn't call the shots? I have the final say. Votes: 0
Vince YoungPeterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes. Votes: 0
Ato BoldonUsually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man. Votes: 0
Frank DefordThe whole Miami Heat team is my least my favorite athlete. Why? Because they keep beating my Pacers. Votes: 0
Mike EppsIn every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. Votes: 0
James S. ColemanI've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up. Votes: 0
Shaquille O'NealI used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete. Votes: 0
Kate VoegeleI always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal. Votes: 0
Lindsay DavenportI'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person. Votes: 0
Julie BenzIt's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettTony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father. Votes: 0
Dennis EckersleyThe athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt. Votes: 0
Steven PressfieldI'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club. Votes: 0
Alison SweeneyWhen you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end. Votes: 0
Steve YoungEveryone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. Votes: 0
George A. SheehanI think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great. Votes: 0
Lance BerkmanI learned a lot from my father. I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete. Votes: 0
Joakim NoahI was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. Votes: 0
Katarina WittIt's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well. Votes: 0
Allen JohnsonI'm excited to work with SCARPA because it's opened up a whole new playground to me as an athlete. Votes: 0
Lynsey DyerYeah, I'm not into sports. If someone told me I had athlete's foot, I'd say that's not my foot! Votes: 0
Mitch HedbergAt one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough. Votes: 0
Josh DuhamelAs an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys. Votes: 0
Michael ChangI always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago. Votes: 0
James CaanOne of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete. Votes: 0
Beyonce KnowlesI mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality. Votes: 0
Scott SpeedmanI always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime, urine and blood. Votes: 0
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur. Votes: 0
Will RogersMy social life is friends at the pool; I have just finished school as I am now a full-time athlete. Votes: 0
Jessica-Jane ApplegateMy brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. Votes: 0
Billie Joe ArmstrongLife to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits Votes: 0
Lance ArmstrongPeople assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. Votes: 0
Jackie Joyner-KerseeIf you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant. Votes: 0
Renato CanovaA revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist. Votes: 0
Norman Ralph AugustineI like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe. Votes: 0
Kim YunaI like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe. Votes: 0
YunaI love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it. Votes: 0
Maria SharapovaOK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. Votes: 0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. Votes: 2 Bill Bradley
The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together. Votes: 3 Lisa Fernandez
I'm not an athlete dater, really. I would get too jealous. They're really gone all the time. Different hotel rooms. Votes: 3 Christine Teigen
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality. Votes: 2 Gabrielle Reece
You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman. Votes: 2 Martina Navratilova
I am now a legend. I am also the greatest athlete to live. Votes: 2 Usain Bolt
In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. Votes: 3 Michael Jordan
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. Votes: 3 Evan Esar
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. Votes: 4 Susan Orlean