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Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I may be overweight. But I'm sure not fat. And I guarantee you, I'm a better athlete than any f***g body writing. To this day, they don't want to play tennis with me. The don't want to play me in golf. They don't want to f***g run with me

If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no problem being a role model. I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise.

A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.

It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower.

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

Athletics is a luxury.