Athlete Quotes - Page 23

• If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it. I loved the countryside.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Opportunity, Mountain

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• I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Moving, Singing

  "Sir Roger Bannister". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2004.

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• I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Medicine, Psychology

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• It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower.

  Roger Bannister

  Sports, Running, Energy

  "Breaking the Four-Minute Mile". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Dublin, Ireland, www.achievement.org. June 7, 2002.

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• I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Change, Baseball

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• I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Mean, African American

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• The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Opera, Singers, Activity

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• An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Order, Levels, Opera

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• Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

  Frank Bruno

  Sports, Boxing, World

  "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2005.

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• I'm chasing perfection.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Perfection, Chasing

  "What drives the driven?" by Dave McMenamin, www.espn.com. November 21, 2010.

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• Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Style, Watches

  "Kobe Bryant On The Black Mamba". Interview with Benjamin Clymer, www.askmen.com.

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• I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

  Kobe Bryant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Softball

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• I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Moving, Purpose

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• If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Failing, Afraid To Fail

  "In It to Win It" by J.R.Moehringer, www.gq.com. March 1, 2010.

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• I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Winning, Focus

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• 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

  Phones, Cameras, World

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• You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

  Kobe Bryant

  Team, Trying, Stubborn

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• Life is one long process of getting tired.

  Samuel Butler

  Love, Life, Tired

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 1

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• Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

  Neve Campbell

  Inspirational, Dance, Sports

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

  Gina Carano

  Cheesy, Want, Actresses

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• No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Sports, Integrity, Honor

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• Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise.

  Linford Christie

  Exercise, Vegetables, Levels

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• For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes.

  Hillary Clinton

  Dream, New York, People

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• The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the World.

  Sasha Cohen

  Dream, Done, World

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. August 14, 2013.

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• I think every athlete will tell you no matter what sport you're in, when you train so hard and when you care so much about doing what you do, there's a little bit of nerves that come with that. But nerves that won't prevent you form performing, nerves that, hopefully, allow you to be that much more motivated and inspired to do well.

  Sidney Crosby

  Sports, Thinking, Matter

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