Quotes About Athlete

Just as an athlete with natural gifts may fail to develop the fundamental skills necessary to play their sport after their talent fades, so people naturally disposed to faith may fail to develop the skills necessary to sustain them for a lifetime.

I used to apply waterproof mascara before a game - it was the easiest thing to wear while I was playing that wouldn't sweat off - but not anymore.

I was a not-big-enough, not-fast-enough football player who wanted a little bit of an edge on the field. I figured my own sweat, if I could get that off my body, and more importantly, the weight that stood behind it, that would help.

I approach my work still like an athlete. I have to go to the gym and run or ride the bike and work up a sweat. I need to still get my body right, and, in turn, that will make my mind right. That's how I approach acting.

My dad played in Iceland and I think went over to Sweden for a couple of years.

My first idol was a Swedish goalie, Peter Lindmark.

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

I realise every swimmer has a shelf life. No, I haven't given any thought to when I will retire, but I also know I won't be able to swim forever.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.

I like Aveda shampoo. I've used it since I was a swimmer.

I grew up as a swimmer. And my brother was a football player and I played football.

My mom was a swimmer growing up. She was World Class.

I'm a 100m/200m swimmer so I have the early speed.

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

I don't think I'm 'the guy' in the sport of swimming, but people want to label me as 'the guy.'

Being who I was, I had the best swimming instructor - Duke Kahanamoku - the year after he won the Olympics.

Swimming, it's the best job.

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.

When I introduce my basketball friends to golf, I tell them to just swing halfway. The power is the easy part.

If I have got a swing, I have got a shot.

If there is someone who is able to swing the ball, I believe I have it in me to swing it a bit more than the other bowlers.

Few players hit the swinging forehand volley as often, or as well, as Maria Sharapova.

When the ball is swinging, you really need to play close to your body.