Quotes by Athlete I'm also conscious of what this confidence that has been placed in me means. I'm going to the Games through the back door but I'm working everyday to exit through the main door! Benjamin Boukpeti athlete doors mean When you are public figure, you're an athlete or actor, that is your job to speak out on certain things. I think you speak out on what you desire to speak out on or your passionate about. Benjamin Watson athlete jobs thinking Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, but I'm at my best when I know I've got to beat the system again. Bernard Hopkins motivation athlete years The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are. Bernard Hopkins smart motivation athlete The key to getting the record is running fast because someone else did not take it too crazy at the beginning, so it leaves me with a lot of energy to close. Bernard Lagat crazy athlete running I wasn't disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that's why I knew it just wasn't right for me. Bernie Mac acting athlete writing In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and attack the challenge head on is only about us-no one can touch that. If we win or lose this weekend, it will not make a difference in our lives. But why we play and how we play will make a difference in our lives forever. Beth Anders athlete success sports My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won. Betty Cuthbert free-gifts athlete motivational One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete. Beyonce Knowles super-bowl athlete reason If you have a body, you are an athlete! Bill Bowerman body athlete motivational The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete. Bill Bowerman coaches athlete To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. Bill Bowerman innovation inspiration athlete This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200 years. From 776 B.C. to 393 A.D., your fellow Olympians laid down their arms to take part in these games. They understood there was more honor in out running a man than in killing him. I hope the competition will resume, and if it does, you must not think that running or throwing or jumping is frivelous. The games were once your fellow Olympians answer to war – competition, not conquest. Now, they must be your answer. Bill Bowerman athlete running war Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners loose.' They're partially right. I do give the athletes a relatively free rein and for good reason. One of my principles is? 'Don't overcoach.' Bill Bowerman athlete running giving Behind all the years of practice and all the hours of glory waits that inexorable terror of living without the game. Bill Bradley athlete success sports When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone. Bill Bradley athlete success sports I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored. Bill Cartwright athlete success sports Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork and delivery smooth, and he did a great job. Bill Goldberg basketball athlete jobs I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate. Bill James athlete sports children Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with the live shark tank in the living room. If pro sports paid minimum wage, Shaquille O'Neal would be a bouncer at Scores, and Anna Kournikova would be a mail-order bride from Minsk. Bill Maher athlete inspirational sports «345678910111213»