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….
I've tried, at every step in life, to find a lesson. And accepting criticism with the same grace that you do the applause is something every young at….
You will be competing against athletes from many nations. But, most important, you are competing against yourself. All we expect is for you to do you….
We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity..
I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of i….
I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant..
There is a unique energy surrounding the Boston Marathon that you can't help but feel. It includes every runner and every person along the course. It….
Every athlete has training they enjoy and training that they do because they have to and they don't enjoy so much. Do the training you love, remind y….
I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete,….
We can make a huge impact. We can be that difference maker just because of our status and because of what we do. I would advise all professional athl….
What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effo….
A decade after an average athlete graduates, everyone will have forgotten when and where he played. But every time he speaks, everyone will know whet….
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a ….
I have been dubbed 'the girl who puts the glamour into hammer'.
....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where h….
You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer..
I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would have won.….
Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal….
I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for..
I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is wha….
I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't have any insecurities.….