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Quotes About Athletics

Max Holloway, I know I can beat him.
~ Charles Oliveira
Max is a true champion. I enjoy watching him fight but I want to get that fight. I want it.
~ Alexander Volkanovski
The less I think about meals and everything else, the more I can focus on my sport, and the better I play.
~ Christian McCaffrey
I don't think I even understand the full meaning of athletics.
~ Hima Das
I'm blessed beyond measures to play the sport that I love and hopefully have longevity.
~ Devin Booker
I also think that I had great mechanics.
~ Dennis Eckersley
Watching Nyree Lewis get her medal in the 100 backstroke inspired me to want to go to a Paralympics and it just went on from there.
~ Ellie Simmonds
I think that I am a serious threat to anybody out there who is trying to get that medal.
~ Justin Gatlin
Winning the 400 meters gold at the pre-Olympics gave me a little confidence. I thought I could win a medal if I tried.
~ P. T. Usha
Times don't matter but medals matter.
~ Caster Semenya
What drives me is winning medals and going out there and enjoying it.
~ Mo Farah
I think people will see my medals and my performance for my country and not what I do off the field. They like me because I win for the country and I will continue to do so.
~ Dutee Chand
My focus will always be my athletic career and winning more medals for the country.
~ Dutee Chand
It was those medals I won at Kottayam that gave me the confidence to dream it big in athletics.
~ P. T. Usha
Sports seemed an exciting medium to me.
~ Suniel Shetty
I did play semi-pro ball for a time. It was the line of least resistance.
~ Ted Cassidy
I don't take rest days.
~ Rich Froning Jr.
I don't want to retire. I still want to play.
~ Peyton Manning
I didn't make enough money in my sport to retire.
~ Roger Staubach
I don't want to retire - I love the game and have a lot of respect and passion for the game.
~ Imran Tahir
I always said, as soon as I stopped loving this sport is when I probably will retire.
~ Jessica Long
If I break your ankles you need to be over here with me... retired.
~ Channing Frye
Before me, sprinters retired at 23 or 24. I run because I still like it, I can make a living, and I feel I was born to do it. And because people tell me I can't do it.
~ Evelyn Ashford
As lots of us ex-pros know, you are a long time retired and there comes a stage when you would give anything to be back out there playing.
~ Jonathan Agnew