Professional Athlete Quotes

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  Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

  Lance Armstrong

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life". Book by Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins, May 22, 2000.

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• As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

  LeBron James

  Moving, Athlete, Goal

  Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2011.

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• America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.

  Evan Esar

  Education, Money, Believe

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• When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

  Bob Gibson

  Sports, Athlete, Men

  "Distance" by Roger Angell, www.newyorker.com. September 22, 1980.

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• Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

  Bobby Hull

  Gratitude, Athlete, Play

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• You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

  Robin Yount

  Athlete, Lifestyle, Difficult

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• Obviously, you're known for what you do. But you still want to be known as a good person. You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Success, Athlete

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• The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.

  Frank Shorter

  Stars, Children, Athlete

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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, Athlete, Wanted

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• I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can.

  Hidetoshi Nakata

  Football, Believe, Opportunity

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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, Athlete

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• The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Athlete, Doors

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• I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.

  Alison Sweeney

  Mom, Athlete, Special

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• I would never advocate the use of dope because, you know, I'm not a professional athlete and I don't have access to the good stuff.

  Greg Proops

  Athlete, Dope, Use

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• It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them.

  Matthew Modine

  Baseball, Athlete, Son

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• Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in other sports, its chilly claws and foul breath palpable around the neck hairs of the infielder bending for his crosshand scoop or the reliever slipping his first two fingers off-center on the ball seams before delivering his two-and-two cut fastball.

  Roger Angell

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

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• I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

  Jose Canseco

  Baseball, Athlete, Player

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• Do you need to train two hours a day? Probably not. The reason why my celebrity clients have to train two hours a day is because their endurance level is so strong. For Madonna to get results and keep results, it's like a professional athlete training - she has to push harder.

  Tracy Anderson

  Strong, Athlete, Two

  "Teeny, tiny body, anyone?". www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2009.

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• Madonna is an athlete; she has to be treated like a professional athlete. She doesn't work out for six hours a day, though, like some of the press says. She never works out for more than two hours a day, and then only when she has the time.

  Tracy Anderson

  Athlete, Two, Work Out

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• A heroic moral victory for the New York Mets. It may be the only kind of victory we're achieving this season, but he set a good example for professional athletes and the rest of us.

  David Brooks

  New York, Athlete, Victory

  "Shields and Brooks on the power of campaign donors, baseball vs. baby". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. April 4, 2014.

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• As a professional athlete and someone who has spent almost his entire life in boxing, not a day goes by when I don't think about coming back, but I am retired, and after speaking to my family and following a great deal of introspection, I have decided to stay retired.

  Oscar De La Hoya

  Life, Athlete, Thinking

  "Oscar De La Hoya says he has decided against a comeback" by Dan Rafael, abcnews.go.com. June 29, 2015.

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• Professional athletes die twice.

  Steve Nash

  Athlete

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Colin Kaepernick is the latest professional athlete to spark a national debate about the meaning behind the American flag and the national anthem.

  Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

  Athlete, Anthem, Debate

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could in an instant.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Athlete, Careers, Preparation

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.

  Rafael Nadal

  Athlete, People, Trying

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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