Athletic Quotes - Page 6

• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Respect, Football

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• As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions. Meeting the President of the United States is just the honor we should bestow on our academic champions.

  Brad Sherman

  Achievement, Champion, Honor

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• The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science.

  Bill Toomey

  Easter, Science, Technique

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• It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

  Herb Elliott

  Spiritual, Inspirational Sports, Athlete

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

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• 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, Athlete

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

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• Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

  Roger Staubach

  Life, Basketball, Hard Work

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  Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

  Jesse Owens

  Friendship, Basketball, Running

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

  Michael Chang

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• In every school I've gone to, all the athletic bastards stick together.

  J. D. Salinger

  School, Together, Gone

  J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”

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• Women's tennis is getting faster and the girls are getting more athletic, so I need to push myself to become a better athlete. I think 2013 showed me, like a few other years how important being healthy is and how I must listen to my body. During this off season I have been a little smarter on how I train and how I treat my body.

  Maria Sharapova

  Girl, Athlete, Thinking

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• You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.

  Reynolds Price

  Trying, Matter, Needs

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• One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

  Michael Shannon

  Sports, Children, Growing Up

  Interview with Paul Rudd, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 17, 2013.

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• I want to be known for my athletic achievements, not my celebrity.

  Lindsey Vonn

  Achievement, Want, Known

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• My dad was a college football coach, so we're a big athletic family. I was either going to be an athlete or an actor. As an actor, I hoped I would be able to bond the two.

  Matt Barr

  Football, Dad, Athlete

  Source: collider.com

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• I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.

  Jeremy Lin

  Thinking, Order, Games

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• An athletic man, or whatever you want to call him, will only look good in a very classic suit, a pair of classic jeans, athletic clothes or simply naked. Forget fashion. This is not going to happen, unless you want to look like a Chippendales dancer in designer clothes.

  Hedi Slimane

  Fashion, Men, Jeans

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• In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones.

  Victoria Wood

  Russia, Bars, Aptitude

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• The goal of all dressage riding should be to bring the horse and rider together in harmony...a oneness of balance, purpose, and athletic expression.

  Walter Zettl

  Horse, Expression, Oneness

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• If I am anorexic, Id be in the hospital! I am tall. I am 5 foot 9 inches, 175 cms tall. I am lean, I am active and athletic. There are so many women who are naturally lean, and so am I. I have been like this for the longest time.

  Anushka Sharma

  Feet, Inches, Active

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• Parents have to understand, that even if their child isn't showing athletic excellence in a certain sport, they still need to be involved. They don't need to be involved in a military type of setting, they just need to get out and play and enjoy themselves and find it themselves.

  Allyson Felix

  Sports, Children, Military

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I work out hard, and I do things that I feel make me better throughout the race and after the race. And I feel better mentally because of working out, being prepared and being in great shape. Driving the car, I think with reflexes and things throw at your so quickly, you have to make adjustments - the feeling of your car, the heat. Some tracks can be tough on your neck and arms, and other tracks, not so much. I think there's a lot there that definitely takes some athletic ability, and I think that helps being athletic and being prepared like that. It helps me for sure.

  Kasey Kahne

  Feel Better, Thinking, Race

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• My family has always gone to church. I like to think that faith has been a part of my life since I was a lot younger. It's definitely a part of my athletic career. I always wear a cross on my goggles during contests when I'm doing something gnarly. It's a reminder that I've got someone else helping me out.

  Nick Goepper

  Thinking, Careers, Gnarly

  "A conversation with Olympic freestyle skier Nick Goepper". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. February 13, 2014.

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• Christ's invitation to the priesthood is an invitation to a way of life that is athletic in its intensity and heroic in its form.

  Robert Barron

  Way, Heroic, Christ

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• I love being athletic and doing things that are active, even when I'm traveling.

  Hill Harper

  Love Is, Active

  "Traveling with the Stars: 'CSI: NY's' Hill Harper". Interview with Kelly Carter, abcnews.go.com. January 8, 2009.

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• I've always been pretty athletic.

  Drew Roy

  "Drew Roy Exclusive Interview FALLING SKIES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 26, 2011.

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