Quotes About Athlete

Usually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man.

There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.

The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, is gonna be the man of '96.

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.

You need just as much drive to be a good businessman as you do to excel as an athlete.

I'm an athlete. I'm not a big golf nerd in that aspect. I'm not big on the history.

I was an athlete, but I was also a nerd. And so I didn't really fit in with the jocks because I was a nerd, and I didn't fit in with the nerds because I was a jock.

I was an athlete, so I hung out with the jocks. I was smart, so I hung out with the nerdy kids. I was also into theater, so I hung out with the misfits... So I was always in different groups, and those groups never quite overlapped. The racial part of it was just another one of those groups, in one sense.

Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.

For me, it's an easy way to make money. I'm just hitting a ball over a net. Of course, I've grown up with it. It's a part of me. It's all I really know how to do.

I was always a striker ever since I was a little boy. I always wanted to put the ball in the net and have the feeling of scoring a goal.

My first NBA game was in Paris. It was Miami against the Nets, and Vince Carter was playing.

If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo's probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.

I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.

I've never been a big fan of Cam Newton's.

It's all about brand exposure, building your brand, building your image and just getting to that next level as an athlete.

Nick Kyrgios, physically, is a monster. When he is on the court and he runs, he flies. And he has got a massive arm.

An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.

I've been a Nike athlete since day one.

I'm proud to be considered a member of the Nike family.

I've used Nike clubs since I was 13.

I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight, nine hours at a time. He wouldn't drink, he wouldn't take drugs - he just danced because he had so much physical energy; he was this amazing athlete.

In 2015, there was no chance Djokovic would have an off day.