Athlete Quotes - page 10

It's always a dream to be on the cover, it's one of the things an athlete always aspires to do, to be on the cover of a videogame, but I never thought I would get to do it this quick. (Dwyane Wade)
I don't know if anything can really prepare you for 'Survivor,' but since I grew up as an athlete, the physical aspect came to me more easily. View quote
Ethan Zohn
For me, I've lived a life as an athlete. View quote
Giancarlo Esposito
With 'Love & Basketball,' I played ball my whole life and did track at UCLA. So, I'm an athlete. And it was very important for me to get it right. I started with casting: As an athlete, there's nothing worse for me than watching a sports movie and the woman that they hire can't run or can't shoot. It sets women's sports back years. View quote
Gina Prince-Bythewood
I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis (sic) and me that we should use any God-given talent we had. View quote
Gail Devers
The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty. View quote
Gareth Gates
Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure. View quote
Geena Davis
He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music. View quote
Herb Alpert
When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete. View quote
Herschel Walker
I started ballet in my early 20s. I studied for about ten years. Ballet is probably the one of the hardest things I've done, almost like MMA. People don't give it a lot of credit and think it's easy but it's very difficult. For an athlete, you use muscles you really don't use and ballet is something I really respect. View quote
Herschel Walker
I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics. (Herschel Walker)
I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver. View quote
Holt McCallany
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. View quote
Ivan Lendl
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. View quote
James S. Coleman
You can no longer just be a good sailor. You have to be an incredible athlete as well. Having said that, you can be a great athlete, the strongest guy in the world, but if you can't anticipate and make decisions under stress and exhaustion and think ahead, then you won't be able to cut it, either. View quote
James Spithill
I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling. View quote
Jamie Foxx
I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury. View quote
Jayson Williams
Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we are experiencing now. It's such a unique situation with the home Olympics. View quote
Jessica Ennis
One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well. View quote
Jessica Ennis
We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me. View quote
Jessica Ennis
People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition. (Jessica Ennis)
Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically. View quote
Joe Manganiello
The power of fear of failure, with will to win, is an incredible force. I don't think we should be worried about having a fear of failure; I think it's quite natural. If you surveyed any top businessman or any top athlete, I bet if they were truthful, they would all say they've got a fear of losing and a fear of failure. View quote
John Caudwell
In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete. View quote
John Legend
I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace. View quote
Jackie Joyner-Kersee