Quotes About Athletes

I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know, confidence is fundamental to winning in any competition.

I've heard so many stories of young girls watching the Olympics and being inspired by it, and they want to do it now, and that's really cool.

Coppi? Is he the one we followed in the Giro del Piemonte? The guy who is as skinny as an asparagus? He doesn't lack courage, I'll give you that, but I think he's kind of fragile.

Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.

We professional athletes are very lucky. Unlike most mortals, we are given the privilege of dying twice - once when we retire and again when death takes us.

Les hémorragies cérébrales sont moins fréquentes chez les amateurs et les joueurs de football que chez le reste de la population. Les cerveaux aussi.

Voila bien la différence entre le singe et le footballeur. Le premier a trop de mains ou pas assez de pieds pour s'abaisser à jouer au football.

It's not every day you are able to sign a top-10 athlete, let alone two in the same week.

If the UFC would listen to reason on transgendered athletes, it could help change the sport for the better.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

It's long been a problem. But I'm not just talking about the UFC - I mean homophobia in sports in general and athletes sometimes say really stupid things.

Just imagine if women's sport was on the TV all the time - how many more female athletes we would have?

These guys, just because we're NBA athletes, we're not superhumans.

I don't have a problem with athletes speaking up, but I want to make sure before they speak up, they read up.

My career is over because I don't have the stage to perform where athletes get the proper respect.

All you've ever seen in the UFC was the greatest athletes in the world. Never, ever did we do a freakshow and we won't.

I like athletes.

I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman.

Athletes are very cool to me.

I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.

Most of my family are good athletes.

Very few athletes get to experience a home Games, and I don't want to pass up the chance.

Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete.

Athletes have all the influence in the world. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say.