Quotes About Athlete

Playing in the Copa America would be an important thing for me, just like the Olympics, because Brazil has never won the gold medal there.

It's the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics; I played in the Junior Olympics. With what I've done and given to basketball is all Hall of Fame.

I'm a British citizen, and I'm incredibly proud to represent Great Britain. I've also represented Great Britain in the Olympics, so I'm definitely a British athlete.

I got to be calm, but I mean, it's the Olympics. Anybody wants to go out and do their best, so it's definitely a different kind of pressure.

I don't want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.

I would love, love, love, love a one-on-one match with Tanahashi, and I've never had one before. He's my all-time favorite New Japan guy. I think the guy's a rockstar. He's so cool, just in the ring and in person.

There's only one way to train, and that's being in the ring. And even in practice, it's not the same as performing in front of a crowd.

The only time I have fun is when I'm on the court.

Basketball is my escape, and I cannot bring any of my problems onto the court.

As an athlete, it's very important to have an open mind and to be willing to learn.

My plant-based diet has opened up more doors to being an athlete. It's a whole other level that I'm elevating to.

It's 2018, and being an openly gay man and an athlete, that is part of the face of America now.

In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.

In sport the mind serves as the acolyte and apprentice of the body. Nothing interferes with the flow of the game more than the athlete who obsesses about his every move on the court. You move, you react, you recover, you drive, and the thinking is seamless and invisible in the secret codes of your game.

A psychiatrist oblivious to money is like a sumo wrestler oblivious to body fat.

Brain studies find that having a champion athlete start pondering technique during a performance offers a sure recipe for a screwup.

Os estudos sobre o cérebro verificam que um atleta campeão começar a ponderar sobre a sua técnica durante um desempenho é receita certa para o fracasso.

Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack.

The press keep asking me but I will stop when I stop scoring. The problem is football is very ageist. When you reach 30, they keep talking about your age.

Every philosopher should be an athlete. If he is not, let us suspect his philosophy.

The runner's high is a sensation that occurs after thirty-five minutes of a sustained, high-rate heartbeat. The brain releases hormones which take the athlete into an energized mental and physical space. The sensation usually lasts for about four hours. The amazing thing about an athlete's high is the person's past disappears and is irrelevant.

She won the four-horse chariot race in 396 BC and again in 392 BC in what we call the ancient Olympic Games.

Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

When an athlete doesn't stretch before a competition, his risk of injury increases dramatically. If your concept of work is rigid, you, too, are much more likely to get hurt. Stretch your concept of work. As your last "To Do" for each day, include this one: Whatever it takes.