Quotes by Athlete A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete. Arthur Ashe couple fighting athlete One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson, shocking! Arthur Conan Doyle sarcasm humorous athlete Athletes need to enjoy their training. They don't enjoy going down to the track with a coach making them do repetitions until they're exhausted. From enjoyment comes the will to win. Arthur Lydiard inspiration athlete running Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach. Arthur Lydiard athlete running watches No one will burn out doing aerobic running. It is too much anaerobic running, which the American scholastic athletic system tends to put young athletes through, that burns them out. Arthur Lydiard athletic athlete running My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain. Arthur Lydiard admonition coaches athlete I get more gratification out of getting some obese person who had a heart attack running around and enjoying life within a year. I get more gratification from that than putting a person in the Olympic Games. The Olympic athlete probably doesn't appreciate what you've done, but the other guy does. I think it's really rewarding. Arthur Lydiard athlete heart running I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete. Artie Lange athlete kids Athletes try to get other athletes out and they should have no false starts. Asafa Powell athlete should-have trying The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians. Avery Brundage politician athlete games The ancient Greeks kept women athletes out of their games. They wouldn't even let them on the sidelines. I'm not sure but that they were right. Avery Brundage greek athlete games 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 than that, there's also been an explosion of a very wealthy black class in the United States, but those people are often treated as special cases: they're athletes, entertainers. Jay-Z. Basketball players. The country metabolizes the fact these rich black people exist, but it seems only to reinforce the idea that every other black person is limping along in poverty. Ayana Mathis basketball athlete country Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived. Babe Didrikson Zaharias athlete goal baseball Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure. Babe Didrikson Zaharias inspirational-sports motivational-sports athlete It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. Babe Didrikson Zaharias women athlete motivational They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled. Babe Didrikson Zaharias girl athlete golf Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Babe Ruth motivational-sports athlete hero The most important thing that a young athlete must do it pick the right sport. Not one that they like just a little bit, but one that they love. Because,if they don't really love their sport, they won't work as hard as they should. Me? I loved to hit. Babe Ruth athlete leadership sports Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models. Barack Obama role-models roles athlete The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. Forget about whether you might win or lose. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves. Being successful is about doing your best. Barbara Cochran athlete successful leadership «1234567891011»