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One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible. — Lance Armstrong

As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States. — Michelle Kwan

In high school and college, I was an athlete. — David Duchovny

When you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end. — Steve Young

I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it." — Frank Deford

Is it going to make me feel any better to make an extra million? That million might be more important to the team. — Tom Brady

I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my own TV show. — Shaquille O'Neal

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out. — Maria Sharapova

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

In an athlete, it is not the legs that go first — Ken Dryden

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity. — Ted Ligety

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

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete. — Joakim Noah

I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say, — Jalen Rose

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important. — Tony Dungy

I was a tomboy growing up, and an athlete. — Lela Rochon

I'm a golfer - not an athlete. — Lee Westwood

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. — Kristi Yamaguchi

Treat yourself like an overweight, out of shape person and that's what you will be. Why not train and treat yourself like an athlete? — Chalene Johnson

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled. — Bill Toomey

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them. — Daley Thompson

I don't eat as much as an athlete should. I just don't like it. — Johnny Weir

Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits — Lance Armstrong

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall. — Malcolm Gladwell

Do your best ... really that's all you can ask for from an athlete. — Jessica Penne

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete. — George Foreman

I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his. I won't play forever. Some don't know when to walk away, but the smart ones do. — Mark Wahlberg

Phelps, even at a young age, had a capacity for obsessiveness that made him an ideal athlete. Then again, all elite performers are obsessives. — Charles Duhigg

I'm not a woman that's an athlete! I'm an athlete! — Skylar Diggins

Being an athlete, you try to get protein. — Ronda Rousey

I depended on chiropractic care when I was an athlete. I depend on it now as a busy film and TV actor. — Chuck Connors

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete. — Abby Wambach

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do. — Abby Wambach

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm an artist
not an athlete. — Lisa Schroeder

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. — Ethan Zohn

Honestly, the only thing I loved when I was a kid was basketball. I was an athlete when I was a kid, and that was it. — Justin Timberlake

Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater. — Bobby Cannavale

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that. — Jonathan Ames

I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym. — Shaun White

I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life. — Major Taylor

I'm never going to be an athlete, never going to be running triathlons - I'm not that person. — Jamie Lee Curtis

I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality. — Scott Speedman

I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man. — Rickey Henderson

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can. — Barry Bonds

I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player. — John Kruk

I love that aspect of sports where you can see what kind of work, how much work, an athlete's been doing by how her body is carved. — Diana Nyad

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer. — Scott Caan

I've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up. — Shaquille O'Neal

I want to know about what makes an athlete tick. — Lisa Guerrero

The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important. — Vera Wang

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe. — Kim Yuna

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete. — Shawn Johnson

I just wanted to be an athlete. — Merlin Olsen

Still a bit of an athlete, he was pleased to see, even after his summer encased in plaster. Someone brought — Lauren Groff

I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk]. — Jim Thorpe

I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal. — Lindsay Davenport

An athlete needs to read situations before they happen. — Dwyane Wade

As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time. — Magic Johnson

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

I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete. — Natalie Gulbis

If you want to be an athlete, there's no way around it: You have to go to the gym. You can't Google your way to it. — Michael Horton

I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list. — Serena Williams

I was an aesthete rather than an athlete, and my only wish was to be an ecstatic wanderer. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot. — Uriah Hall

As an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing. — Rashad Evans

The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world. — Cathy Freeman

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete. — Dayron Robles

As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs. — Tony Romo

Stats don't measure an athlete's hunger. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type. — Ronda Rousey

Seems like everybody wants to know if an athlete is on drugs, so you got to stay clear of wild people. — Moses Malone

If I were an athlete I'd be past my prime. If I were a dog I'd be dead. Thirty ... shit. — Jonathan Tropper

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired. — Faye Dunaway

I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park. — Paul Tergat

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic. — Kimberly Elise

Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle. — John Lancaster Spalding

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it. — Maria Sharapova

I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete. — Curt Schilling

Any sport you're going to do, you're going to lose more than you win. People don't realize how hard it is to be an athlete. It's difficult. — Diandra Asbaty

An athlete may run ten thousand miles in order to prepare for one hundred yards. Quantity gives experience. — Ray Bradbury

I was an athlete when I was growing up. — Jeremy Renner

An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax. — Cathy Rigby

An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays. — Arnold Palmer

Give me an athlete and I'll give you an army. — Adolf Hitler

I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally. — Gene Kelly

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports. — Yanni

Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just a decoration. — Bryan Mosley

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition. — Bill Parcells

As a professional athlete, I have an incredible platform to inspire, impact, and deeply affect another human being. It sets my soul on fire. — Joanna Lohman

I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop. — Laila Ali

Being a musician - it's easier for me to date an athlete. There's too much competition [with a musician]. There's too much know-it-all pop star. — Jessica Simpson

I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart. — Vivica A. Fox

Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time. — Frank Shorter

First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and tolerance, — Brian Boitano

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself. — Tiger Woods

Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point. — George M. Gilbert

I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day. — Apolo Ohno

Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value. — Don Yaeger