Athlete Quotes - Page 40

• Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents; fear, too, of not acquitting oneself well. In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

  Franz Stampfl

  Motivational, Running, Skills

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• There is the truth about the marathon and very few of you have written the truth. Even if I explain to you, you'll never understand it, you're outside of it.

  Douglas Wakiihuri

  Motivational, Running, Track

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• Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit, it was a barrier that seemed to defy all attempts to break it, an irksome reminder that men's striving might be in vain.

  Roger Bannister

  Running, Men, Challenges

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• Confidence is the most important quality in all athlete-coach relationships.

  Franz Stampfl

  Running, Important, Quality

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• Well, no athlete respects a big, fat coach who's going to stand there and rest the watch on his stomach.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Running, Watches, Bigs

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• All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired and go to bed feeling very tired.

  Brendan Foster

  Motivational, Running, Morning

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• It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well.

  Allen Johnson

  Track, Bigs, Stage

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• Ultimately, any type of discipline is flawed because it keeps the person who is being disciplined inept. As long as the experience is happening to you, while it is imposed on you, it is not your dream. When discipline is administered externally, the participant is dependent on the administrator of the discipline. When discipline is administered internally, the athlete becomes a victim of the structure of the discipline. Either way, only the discipline, not the dream, is being pursued.

  Cecile Reynaud

  Dream, Discipline, Long

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• Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Trust, Moving, Reflection

  Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores (2003). “Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life”, p.174, Oxford University Press

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• There's far more that goes into being a professional athlete than being a college athlete. So many differences that people don't realize. It's not just about playing football and getting paid to do it. There's a lot of things that you have to deal with.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, College, Differences

  "Robert 'RG3' Griffin III on Playing Football in a Political Town, Dream Pickup Game With Obama". Interview with Chris Moody, abcnews.go.com. November 28, 2012.

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• To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.

  Dale Murphy

  Cancer, Fighting, Numbers

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• You know what's sad about this? Not the gambling, but the best way to reach college athletes is the Cartoon Network.

  Jay Leno

  Football, College, Gambling

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• Truth is, most of us contain a splashing, giggling, squealing child who knows without thinking that bare skin and water go together as wings go with air, roots with earth, and the phoenix with incendiary sun. And innocence belongs to us as it did to ancient Greek athletes, who never wore clothes for their footraces or boxing matches but rather oiled themselves until their nude bodies glistened in the sunlight.

  Janet Lembke

  Children, Thinking, Air

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• It doesn't take talent to hustle.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Success, Sports, Hustle

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• I am the person you'll see everyday training when everyone else has gone home. I live for the one moment of glory when I save that goal or sink that 3-point shot and score the winning basket. I am the sport, I am the glory, nothing can change that. I am an athlete, no one can forget that.

  Alexa Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• High school sports: where lessons of life are still being learned, and where athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates.

  Michael Powers

  Success, Softball, Sports

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• It's important to respect both your teammates and your opponents. Friendships can make a victory last forever.

  James Koven

  Success, Sports, Forever

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• Sport, at its best, at its most human, is able to inspire an innocence and joy that is unique to each of us.

  Richard J. Corman

  Success, Sports, Unique

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• Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just a decoration.

  Bryan Mosley

  Inspirational, Sports, Effort

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• Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.

  Mark Rippetoe

  Workout, Bad Ass, Best Coaches

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• Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Basketball, Art, Player

  Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.115, Ballantine Books

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• Superior athletes want to be accountable for their own results. —

  Marv Dunphy

  Volleyball, Want, Results

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• Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory, but rather embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence. Said in yet another way, discipline is to an athlete what scales are to a musician. Mastering the scales is what allows the musician to perform music. Mastering the skills of self discipline is what enables a person to become an accomplished elite athlete.

  Mike Hebert

  Volleyball, Team, Persistence

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• "I've always been a proponent of "if you're going to do something, do it right." I applied that across all aspects of my shooting - planning, setting up shoots, getting up early, working with athletes and models, working with clients etc. Just being a pro about it.

  Jimmy Chin

  Photography, Up Early, Shooting

  "How to Capture Creative Gold When You’re at the End of Your Rope — Literally". Interview with Chase Jarvis, www.chasejarvis.com.

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• Like many athletes, I played in college for the chance to play in the pros. In the years since I retired, I've come to realize that the education I got in college was for life. I will have it forever and for that I am incredibly grateful.

  Pat Toomay

  Football, Grateful, College

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