Athlete Quotes - Page 17

• Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.

  Gene Kelly

  Jobs, Couple, Everyday

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.

  Shawn Johnson

  Powerful, Long, People

  "Shawn Johnson gets more nervous watching Olympic Trials than she did competing". Interview with Maggie Hendricks, ftw.usatoday.com. July 27, 2016.

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• They want everything to be better for their children. I think athletes are starting to see that and that's why they're starting to speak out.

  Andrew Hawkins

  Children, Thinking, Speaks Out

  "People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.

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• If you're tweeting - and this is what I tell the young athletes who come to me about these situations, because I've been through them and I've seen both sides of it - if you're tweeting just because everyone else is tweeting and you're not uncomfortable, if it doesn't feel like a sacrifice - like when I wore that T-shirt it was a sacrifice.

  Andrew Hawkins

  Sacrifice, Sides, T Shirt

  "People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.

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• I would never say anything about [James] LeBron because I know how much he means to the community; I know how much he does in the community, which is honestly 100 times more than your average athlete.

  Andrew Hawkins

  Mean, Average, Community

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.

  Serena Williams

  Sports, Running, Worry

  Source: wwd.com

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• There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.

  Adam Richman

  Soccer, Example, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.

  Mike Dooley

  Inspirational, Insperational, Journey

  Mike Dooley (2010). “Manifesting Change: It Couldn't Be Easier”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

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• Oosthuizen's red spot is a classic example of what's known in sports psychology as a process goal-a technique by which the athlete is required to focus on something, however minor, to prevent them from thinking about other things: in Oosthuizen's case, all the ways he could possibly screw up the shot.

  Kevin Dutton

  Sports, Thinking, Goal

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• Ted Seabrooke, my wrestling coach, had a kind of Nietzschean effect on me in terms of not just his estimation of my limited abilities, but his decidedly philosophical stance about how to conduct your life, what you should do to compensate for your limitations. This was essential to me, both as a student - and not a good one - and as a wrestler who was not a natural athlete but who had found something he loved.

  John Irving

  Philosophical, Wrestling, Essentials

  Interview with Suzanne Herel, www.motherjones.com. May 1997.

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• I'm an athlete who's very determined and I understand sacrifice.

  Allyson Felix

  Sacrifice, Determined

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

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• There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It was a professional race, but I ended up winning. That was kind of a turning point for me where I felt like, "Okay, I'm pretty good at this and there's a possibility for this to be a career for me." That was a defining moment for me.

  Allyson Felix

  Running, School, Winning

  "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.

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• Athletes today get into a single-minded, one sport routine. I can't stand it.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, Routine, Today

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, Golf, Interesting

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• If a guy is a good athlete, he'll end up being a pretty decent golfer if he just takes it up. But you never master it; even the best players in the world never master the game.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Player, Games, Guy

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• You're always struggling because you're not playing on a 53-and-a-third by a 120-yard field. You're not playing on a baseball diamond. With golf, every field is different and every atmosphere is different. The grass is different. The weather is different. You're outside. You're not in a stadium. There are so many different variables, so you never master golf. So, I think good athletes like a challenge.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Baseball, Struggle, Golf

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• You're not going to tell me that you're going to find a person who's not a very good athlete and he or she is going to be a great player. But anyone can play the game. That's the nice thing about the game. You don't really have to be a world-class athlete to play the sport [golf] and have fun because of handicap systems.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, Fun, Nice

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• My high school, like most high schools, had a pretty rigid stratification system. Kids were clustered into groups - the studious ones, the athletes, the popular ones - and we never crossed paths with each other. You stayed in your air-tight group, and you were suspicious of people in other groups.

  Parker J. Palmer

  School, Kids, Air

  "The Teacher's Journey: An Interview with Parker J. Palmer". Interview with Ron Jackson, www.youthworker.com.

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• I think the sport needs the help to continue to motivate athletes.

  Usain Bolt

  Sports, Thinking, Needs

  The ESPN.com Interview, abcnews.go.com. September 23, 2016.

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• I want to be one of the greatest athletes ever to live, not only in track and field, but in all of general sport.

  Usain Bolt

  Sports, Track, Want

  "Q&A with Usain Bolt: Protests, doping scandals, post-track life... and wings". The ESPN.com Interview, www.espn.com. September 24, 2016.

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• Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than me. Often people who are much bigger and wider than me. It can be dispiriting at first.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Kids, Fighting, College

  "A 'Brutally Honest' Taste Of Anthony Bourdain's Hunger Tour At Foxwoods". Interview with Leeanne Griffin, www.courant.com. September 26, 2016.

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• I've always been more of the athlete in my family, but Bella [Hadid] is just good at - when she needs buckle down for like two weeks and be in [the gym] every day, she's really good at that.

  Gigi Hadid

  Two, Needs, My Family

  Source: www.elle.com

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• My fitness inspiration has always been athletes, my whole life. Serena Williams is a great friend of mine and Ronda Rousey - we did Sports Illustrated together. Obviously, following powerful women and seeing their bodies and how hard they work is really inspiring to me.

  Gigi Hadid

  Sports, Powerful, Inspiration

  "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.

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• Through fashion I have shown my interpretation of the competitive spirit by dressing sportsmen and women, choosing to work with both those who are among the world's most renowned athletes and also those who are yet to achieve fame in the arena of sport.

  Giorgio Armani

  Sports, Fashion, World

  Interview with Aaron Howes, www.highsnobiety.com. October 5, 2016.

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• I like to think that when an athlete wears Armani, it makes him or her feel confident, and as we all know, confidence is fundamental to winning in any competition.

  Giorgio Armani

  Winning, Thinking, Competition

  Interview with Aaron Howes, www.highsnobiety.com. October 5, 2016.

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