Quotes About Athlete

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.

And here's Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

I fight for perfection

I've never seen anyone go on the DL with pulled fat.

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

I'm a Gatorade athlete because dance is being recognized as a sport now. It always should have been, but now it is. It's very exciting.

Everyone has to remember, I've always said that soccer is my number-one sport.

Twenty-plus-year career, 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.

I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me

Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.

If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.

Definitely if you're an athlete, you're gonna be having all the baseball fame you can have. That's the great thing about baseball and sports. You can measure ability.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

Basketball is sort of an interesting sport that, you know, the top player on your team makes so much more of an impact than the top player in any other sport.

But I've since learned that for an athlete, the toughness has to come from within—from some sort of hunger, crisis, or need. You can coach nearly any other quality or skill into a runner, but you can't coach that.

Everyone playing in the major leagues today owes a debt of gratitude to Mark Fidrych. He brought baseball back to the people. He made it popular again. He helped save the game." - Willie Horton

It isn't the pen—it's the writer; it isn't the road—it's the runner that counts.

My favorite player is Tiger Woods. I think I can beat Tiger when I'm 20. It's a life goal.