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,….
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 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..
The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen..
I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman..
Michelle Kwan means more to the United States Olympic Committee than maybe any athlete that's every performed. She's a leader, she's been gracious, s….
I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the only thing I've ever thought of really….
Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack..
Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to s….
I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional..
I think women have brought a lot of life back to the sport-first, because a lot of people doubted women could actually do it well. Two, part of it is….
I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life..
The two most important things to athletes, playing time and money..
What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching..
Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves..
The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is th….
The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The ….
We, as athletes, have our suspicions about who's cheating, but I'm not convinced that the testing has yet caught up with what people are using or wha….