People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable..

You ought to go to the Wizard of Oz and ask him for some courage..

The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes,….

We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity..

I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day..

The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good. The be….

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it,….

When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore..

I think in my case winning fans came as a result of winning tournaments. Certainly, I didn't have too many supporters when I came on Tour. I didn't l….

Being a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what you're the fastest..

You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly..

Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that ….

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..

There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to twenty years, perhaps even further back ….

I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete..

I couldn't disappoint people. I did not want to fail and exhaust myself, because I was the kind of runner who trained so little that I couldn't race ….

Guess what, the cheerleaders in college are the best athletes in college. You think, I'm joking, they're almost all gymnasts, the stuff they do on ha….

I am very much aware that if I am getting good press at the moment I could just as easily be getting bad press. I cannot have the good and forget the….

When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athlete….

If we had to play Augusta National in one hour, the best athlete would win the Masters. But as it is, they give us time to hang ourselves. Every swin….

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free..