Just as the athlete has his coach, the Hindu his yogi, and the student his mentor, there are many of us who find wisdom in dogs. Because of their tea….
Men sometimes seem more ready to accept women as brain surgeons than as athletes..
Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural constru….
Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much..
People are always shocked to hear I'm an athlete by profession and even more shocked when they hear I'm a fencer from the United States. I challenge ….
At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I….
Made up of corallitic accretions and painful increments, lit on rare occasions by bolts of revelation, and then stuffed behind the wainscotting to gr….
My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional….
Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now..
The power of imagination is incredible. Often we see athletes achieving unbelievable results and wonder how they did it. One of the tools they use is….
Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the sa….
If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants..
I'm seldom right, but I'm never in doubt..
I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself fir….
Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game..
I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep yo….
In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, ….
I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference..
You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know..
Children and even adults, when they like certain athletes, they can tell you about their batting average, about where they came from..
In an athlete, it is not the legs that go first.