Athlete Quotes
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.
I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.
If we perform as a unit and if every single player gives it his very best, everything can happen.
You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast.
Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.
If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.
I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.
Athletics brings out a side of you that is wonderful. It brings out so many good attributes like competing, intensity and playing at the highest level.
The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game.
Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.
....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes come.
I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.
My three keys to success: One, work hard. Two, be your own person. And three, have a passion for what you're doing.
Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.
I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have.
I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do
Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy and self-possessed only when cavorting around, doing their stretches and leaps and jumps to the tune of words.
These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.
Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.
Any idiot can train himself into the ground; the trick is working in training to get gradually stronger.
I told myself there was no way I was going to let this training go to waste. It was my time, and I was ready to go.
I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do.
Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.
If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
Any time you can get up there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends a message to other people.
I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.
Most people do not know themselves. The real you is not that person you are when times are great, the real you shows when everything goes wrong. Can you hold on, can you keep pushing or do you quit?
The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.
If you ever want to be a decent player, you have to be able to use both feet without stopping to think about it.
I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.
I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.
Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.
