Quotes and Sayings About Athlete
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I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.
-- A. Bartlett Giamatti -
Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.
-- A. J. Kitt -
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age
-- Aaron Sorkin -
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.
-- Adam Sandler -
Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -
The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish.
-- Adrian Rogers -
My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.
-- Aidan Quinn -
The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
-- Aimee Mullins -
A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.
-- Al Davis -
Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.
-- Al Kaline -
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.
-- Al Pacino -
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character.
-- Alan Armstrong -
I like using one QB. If we have two that are relatively equal, then we can't afford to have one on the bench. They need to be on the field at running back, receiver or defensive back. I'm not going to waste an athlete on the sidelines.
-- Alan Chadwick -
Every day the word 'gift' is used to define talent, ability, and performance. Being gifted has an even deeper meaning, a meaning that isn't always measured in points per game or win/loss records - it's measured by heart, effort, and desire.
-- Alan Cohen -
It's been a wild ride. I hope people can appreciate how special it is to see the people that ran well today; how special and sometimes fleeting greatness can be even from yourself. I gave it everything I had and for a short period of time I did very very well and I'm very proud of that and I'm leaving it at that. I did the best I could.
-- Alan Webb -
I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.
-- Alanis Morissette -
An athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers.
-- Albert Azaryan -
I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we should send somebody to inspect and to make sure the athletes will be looked after in a correct manner.
-- Alberto Juantorena -
If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.
-- Alberto Juantorena -
The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.
-- Alberto Juantorena -
I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.
-- Alberto Salazar -
I think in running, to be honest, that even though athletes are very dedicated and are willing to train and do whatever they need to do to prepare, more often than not they're not in a very professional environment where you've got a high performance director and a coach that are really monitoring your daily activities.
-- Alberto Salazar -
I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.
-- Alberto Salazar -
An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.
-- Alberto Salazar -
I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.
-- Alberto Tomba -
I will always take on a new challenge. I believe in jumping off the ship every now and then. If you don't, you won't really learn how to swim
-- Alec Broers, Baron Broers -
Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.
-- Alex Morgan
