Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Votes: 3
Mahatma GandhiHe who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Votes: 3
Muhammad AliBeing defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Votes: 3
Marilyn vos SavantRun when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. Votes: 3
Dean KarnazesThings turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. Votes: 3
John WoodenNever let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. Votes: 3
Satchel PaigeGood, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best. Votes: 3
Tim DuncanThe actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. Votes: 1
Al PacinoThe Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete. Votes: 0
Pierre de CoubertinAny athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape. Votes: 0
Edoardo PontiMy biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author. Votes: 0
Kareem Abdul-JabbarThe writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning. Votes: 0
Irving StoneAs an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better. Votes: 0
Marlen EsparzaAs an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain. Votes: 0
Abby WambachAs an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio. Votes: 0
Paula RadcliffeI never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. Votes: 0
Mickey RourkeI'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny. Votes: 0
Keegan-Michael KeyI train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty. Votes: 0
Joe ManganielloAs an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing. Votes: 0
Rashad EvansI was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point. Votes: 0
Jose CansecoIt is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete. Votes: 0
Jim CourierWe have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest. Votes: 0
Howard Warren BuffettBeing an athlete in a cold-weather sport is really difficult to deal with the asthma. Votes: 0
Charlie WhiteThe concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer. Votes: 0
Julia LeighOne of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible. Votes: 0
Lance ArmstrongSupport the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do. Votes: 0
Don KardongKobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players. Votes: 0
Kareem Abdul-JabbarI see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete. Votes: 0
Natalie GulbisI mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself. Votes: 0
Tiger WoodsThere are so many highs and lows for an athlete. But the highs outweigh the lows. Votes: 0
Diandra AsbatyThe important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top. Votes: 0
Herb ElliottThe Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that. Votes: 0
Tina MazeI think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for. Votes: 0
Eric ShanteauAs an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me. Votes: 0
Ronda RouseyHe has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places. Votes: 0
Collette WestArthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. Votes: 0
Yannick NoahYou know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult. Votes: 0
Robin YountWhen I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all. Votes: 0
Seann William ScottWhen I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all. Votes: 0
Sean William ScottI don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace. Votes: 0
Jackie Joyner-KerseeI definitely feel like I'm more of an artist than an athlete. But I'm good at both. Votes: 0
Johnny WeirI am in control. What athlete you know doesn't call the shots? I have the final say. Votes: 0
Vince YoungUsually when an athlete gets a reputation it sticks with him, even when he's an old man. Votes: 0
Frank DefordPeterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes. Votes: 0
Ato BoldonAs a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that. Votes: 0
Jonathan AmesAn athlete must have a sound and trained body, and only after, indulge in sport he prefers. Votes: 0
Albert AzaryanThe athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it Votes: 0
John WoodenI was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe. Votes: 0
Keyshawn JohnsonTony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father. Votes: 0
Dennis EckersleyI always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal. Votes: 0
Lindsay DavenportIt's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettThe athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt. Votes: 0
Steven PressfieldI'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club. Votes: 0
Alison SweeneyI'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person. Votes: 0
Julie BenzIn every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. Votes: 0
James S. ColemanI used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete. Votes: 0
Kate VoegeleI've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up. Votes: 0
Shaquille O'NealThe whole Miami Heat team is my least my favorite athlete. Why? Because they keep beating my Pacers. Votes: 0
Mike EppsI think any great performer or athlete has to have a little bit of a gut to be great. Votes: 0
Lance BerkmanI was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. Votes: 0
Katarina WittIt's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well. Votes: 0
Allen JohnsonOne of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete. Votes: 0
Beyonce KnowlesWhen you're an elite athlete, it's a very special moment in time and you don't want it to end. Votes: 0
Steve YoungAs an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys. Votes: 0
Michael ChangI learned a lot from my father. I'm very lucky to have a father who was a professional athlete. Votes: 0
Joakim NoahYeah, I'm not into sports. If someone told me I had athlete's foot, I'd say that's not my foot! Votes: 0
Mitch HedbergEveryone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not. Votes: 0
George A. SheehanI'm excited to work with SCARPA because it's opened up a whole new playground to me as an athlete. Votes: 0
Lynsey DyerI mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality. Votes: 0
Scott SpeedmanI always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago. Votes: 0
James CaanAt one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough. Votes: 0
Josh DuhamelI always say that I'm a clean athlete and that I should be randomly tested anytime, urine and blood. Votes: 0
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant. Votes: 0
Renato CanovaMy brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. Votes: 0
Billie Joe ArmstrongLife to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits Votes: 0
Lance ArmstrongPeople assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. Votes: 0
Jackie Joyner-KerseeMy social life is friends at the pool; I have just finished school as I am now a full-time athlete. Votes: 0
Jessica-Jane ApplegateWhen should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur. Votes: 0
Will RogersA revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist. Votes: 0
Norman Ralph AugustineI like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe. Votes: 0
Kim YunaI like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe. Votes: 0
YunaI love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it. Votes: 0
Maria SharapovaOK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. Votes: 0 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! Votes: 2 Dante Hall
The team with the best athletes doesn't usually win. It's the team with the athletes who play best together. Votes: 3 Lisa Fernandez
I'm not an athlete dater, really. I would get too jealous. They're really gone all the time. Different hotel rooms. Votes: 3 Christine Teigen
I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality. Votes: 2 Gabrielle Reece
You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman. Votes: 2 Martina Navratilova
I am now a legend. I am also the greatest athlete to live. Votes: 2 Usain Bolt
In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. Votes: 3 Michael Jordan