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As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck. — Landon Donovan

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.' — Haile Gebrselassie

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. — Ricky Williams

I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned. — Johnny Weir

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. — Mary Lou Retton

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys. — Eric Heiden

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal. — Willie McCovey

I definitely don't want to be one of those athletes who turns into a cheesy actress. — Gina Carano

... to pause is to win & to rest can actually be part of the victory. — Annie F. Downs

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special. — Tiger Woods

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us? — Malcolm Gladwell

There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s. — Dolph Lundgren

All athletes would be better if they eat better. Junk in equals Junk out. — Jack LaLanne

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age — Aaron Sorkin

Athletes have a certain stubbornness that carries us through and makes us do things that people say we can't do. — Kim Clijsters

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously. — Lisa Guerrero

Athletes become our heroes, because they're superhuman. They do things nobody else can do. They're better than 6 billion other people. — Charlie Sheen

Children and even adults, when they like certain athletes, they can tell you about their batting average, about where they came from. — Jamie Farr

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport. — Clara Hughes

All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated. — Walter Payton

Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship principles — Dick Devenzio

Dancers are both athletes and artists. — Margot Fonteyn

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. — Armstrong Williams

Olympic athletes have to find a job right after they're done competing. — Apolo Ohno

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance. — Robert A. Heinlein

As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton. — Nancy Gibbs

The primary purpose of coaching young athletes is to use sport to teach them to become better people. — Bruce Brown

Blondes are like left-handed athletes, they all get a second look even if they don't deserve one. — Frank Deford

Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were barred or exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected. — George Vecsey

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses. — Bill Toomey

I don't really agree with the role model thing. People are always saying that athletes shouldn't do X or Y because they are role models. — Claudia Rankine

You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network. — Jay Leno

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not. — George J. Mitchell

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream. — Oscar Robertson

As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch. — Landon Donovan

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain. — Arthur Lydiard

We're the greatest athletes in the world without a doubt. — Hulk Hogan

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support. — Mary Lou Retton

Athletes are very cool to me. — Regina King

The symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians. — Richard Attias

Everything about the Olympics was first class, and women were treated as athletes and equals. — Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events. — Bobby Orr

Reading for writers is like training for athletes. — Linda Sue Park

I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes. — Jesse Williams

Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models. — Barack Obama

The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds. — George Allen, Sr.

Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over. — Rick Pitino

The best athletes in any sport take stretching very seriously before and after matches. Stretching is instrumental in any athlete's physical success. — Jozy Altidore

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American. — Larry Bird

You can't worry about what people say, but ... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists. — Chris Bosh

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on. — Lou Holtz

The least successful athletes, those who have never won any victories, suddenly call themselves trainers. — J.C. McKeown

The universities will ask for money back so they can put their name on the side of a building without fully educating athletes . — Eddie George

I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. — Earl Campbell

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do. — Kobe Bryant

I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play. — Angela Ruggiero

It's like athletes: To be a great company you need great competitors ... It's what keeps you alive and keeps you honest. — Craig R. Barrett

The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time. — Michael Wilbon

All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once. — Raul Lopez

I think marriage and athletes is a bad combination. — Dennis Rodman

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline. — Seal

I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference. — Carson Palmer

Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me. — Magic Johnson

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes. — Ruud Gullit

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians. — Avery Brundage

All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired. — Sri Chinmoy

I believe that by living as athletes we live more fully. — Gloria Averbuch

You are worth so much more than points on a scoreboard or wins vs. losses. The best athletes I know are also some of the best people I've ever met. — Jimmy Moody

Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it. — Earl Blaik

Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal. — Robin S. Sharma

The Olympics is the biggest competition for all athletes and an unforgettable event. — Kim Yuna

But I think there is a widespread opinion that the support system for athletes should be more firmly established. — Shinzo Abe

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. — Bill Bradley

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes. — Hugh Sidey

It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes. — Jordyn Wieber

All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired. — Brendan Foster

Women are like the Olympic athletes of grudges. — Liane Moriarty

Our athletes are our heroes. — Cathy Rigby

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training. — Alberto Salazar

Times have changed. The athletes have changed. — Joe Namath

My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled. — Bill Rodgers

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance. — Bill Toomey

Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential. — Twyla Tharp

Best coaches never tell their athletes that they are wrong.They rather focus on creating awareness. — Abhishek Ratna

The two most important things to athletes, playing time and money. — John Paxson

College recruiting is a business and I would really tell parents and athletes, alike, to treat it as such. — Billy Kennedy

My job is to teach them to believe they could perform better than they realize. Great coaches teach athletes to go beyond the barriers. — John Roderick

As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are. — Tom Brady

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes. — Jim Sensenbrenner

It's funny, because athletes want to be rockers and vice versa. — Matt Willig

We understand that athletes aren't necessarily role models, but we at least expect them to abide by the basic laws of the state. — Tim Pawlenty

A businessman needs a laptop. Athletes need massages and the right diet. — Lolo Jones

Surely, sport is not fundamentally about the safety of athletes. If it were, we'd probably have to ban professional football, right after boxing. — Alice Dreger

Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential. — Red Auerbach

I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman. — Lisa Guerrero

Dancers are the athletes of God. — Albert Einstein

I never performed on drugs. That'd be stupid. It's the same thing with athletes. They can't perform when they have cocaine problems. — Robin Williams

I've always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances. — Manu Bennett