Athlete Quotes - Page 28

• One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.

  Bob Richards

  Motivational, Life Lesson, Cutting

  Bob Richards (2009). “The Heart of a Champion: Inspiring True Stories of Challenge and Triumph”, p.74, Revell

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• Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.

  Kid Rock

  Baseball, Teacher, Smart

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• I think marriage and athletes is a bad combination.

  Dennis Rodman

  Marriage, Basketball, Thinking

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• I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.

  Ginger Rogers

  Softball, Sports, Volleyball

  Ginger Rogers (1991). “Gineger My Story”

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• I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

  Wilma Rudolph

  Motivational, Determination, Giving Up

  Wilma Rudolph (1977). “Wilma”

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• I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete.

  Curt Schilling

  Geek

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• I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Hollywood, Wells, Plenty

  "Arnold Schwarzenegger: Success and secrets". "60 minutes" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. September 30, 2012.

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• I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Motivational Sports, Body, Used

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.

  Sean William Scott

  Sports, Wanted, I Realized

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• 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.

  Junior Seau

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hockey

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• I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

  Maria Sharapova

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• I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

  Maria Sharapova

  Heart, Fighting, My Heart

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• Hills are speedwork in disguise.

  Frank Shorter

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.

  Hugh Sidey

  White, House, Leader

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• I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'

  Jessica Simpson

  Men, Thinking, Ironic

  "Jessica in Love!". Interview with Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. April 29, 2008.

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• The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

  O. J. Simpson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

  Simon Sinek

  Winning, Race, Champion

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• It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

  Nikki Sixx

  Years, Trying, Thirty

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• I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.

  Emmitt Smith

  Dream, Team, Boys

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  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.

  Hope Solo

  Opportunity, Thinking, Trying

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• Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

  Hope Solo

  Focus, Training, Lasers

  "Will you still medal in the morning?" by Sam Alipour, www.espn.com. July 8, 2012.

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• Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

  Hope Solo

  Team, Female, Standing Out

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• It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.

  Kevin Spacey

  Character, Night, Eight

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• Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.

  Arlen Specter

  Sports, Play, Nfl

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• I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

  Mark Spitz

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

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