Quotes on Athlete

I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.

I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive for physical perfection not for the prowess alone but as a way of achieving the means necessary to express the pure nature of their art.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete.

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

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.

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

Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.

Good is not good, where better is expected

I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's gone just about as far as talent or fortune will take him. The dream will not happen, and he now faces the choice of accepting this fact like a grownup and moving on to more sensible pursuits, or refusing the truth and ending up bitter, quarrelsome, and slightly pathetic.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.