Great Athlete Quotes - Page 3

• Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Athlete, Thinking, Dedication

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• There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Athlete, Work Out, Shapes

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• When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete.

  Herschel Walker

  Football, Running, Athlete

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• We have a terrific economy, it's like a great athlete that's had a cardiac arrest.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Athlete, Economy, Cardiac

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• I want to see all the countries in the world and learn all the languages. I want to have thousands of friends and I want all my friends to be different. I want to play six instruments. I want to be the best in the world at two things. I want to be a great athlete and I want to be a great surgeon. I need to practice very hard every day. I need to sleep as little as possible. I need to read at least one major book every week. And I need to remember that my seventy years are going to go by too quickly.

  Diana Nyad

  Country, Book, Athlete

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• When I broke into professional hockey at 17 I was told that I was too small and too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL. Now it's kind of flip-flopped and the sense is I can't be a good coach because I was a great athlete.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Athlete, Hockey, Nhl

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• Ask any great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they have arrived at the place where they need no further practice. They will tell you that the higher you climb in proficiency and public acceptance, the greater the need for practice.

  Eric Butterworth

  Athlete, Acceptance, Successful

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• Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.

  Arlen Specter

  Sports, Athlete, Play

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• The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was.

  Evander Holyfield

  Athlete, Discipline, Guy

  "Evander Holyfield Q n A - Part I". Interview with Zhenyu Li, www.thesweetscience.com. April 20, 2010.

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• You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.

  Ryan Lochte

  Athlete, Winning, Swimmer

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• I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

  Lou Holtz

  Athlete, Praying, Used

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• People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Dance, Athlete

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• Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it.

  Earl Blaik

  Sports, Athlete, Golf

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• You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things by watching a shortstop at work, how he concentrates on one thing at a time. You learn from classic music, from the blues and jazz, from bluegrass. From all this, you learn how to sustain a great line without bringing in unnecessary words.

  Ernest Gaines

  Moving, Athlete, Crafts

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• I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.

  Idi Amin

  Athlete, Boxing, Champion

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• I used to love to see Willie Pep and Ray Robinson. To me, the epitome of a great athlete is a great boxer. I just love the rhythm of seeing a man dance, slip punches. I loved the dancers and boxers. I would see them and be mesmerized.

  Emanuel Steward

  Athlete, Men, Dancer

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• We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

  Dick Gregory

  Athlete, Class, Firsts

  "Dick Gregory, pioneering US comedian and activist, dies aged 84" by The Associated Press, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2017.

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• I always had that desire to become a great athlete.

  Lauren Jackson

  Athlete, Desire

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• Personally, I think SmackDown! has to be a little spicier than it is, a little more electrifying than it is. It's got great athletes and they've got great action, they've done some tremendous stuff, but I want it to knock you off the couch when it opens up. And I think we as a group have the ability to do that.

  Dusty Rhodes

  Athlete, Thinking, Groups

  "Dusty Rhodes back in the fold". Interview with Evan Denbaum, www.wwe.com. September 1, 2005.

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• Wilt Chamberlain had a great deal to do with the success of the NBA. His dominance, power, demeanor and the rivalry with Bill Russell says it all. He will be sorely missed by myself and everyone in the basketball community. Wilt was a great performer and a great athlete.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Athlete, Nba

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• I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't have any insecurities." They're almost like these icons who - I don't know how to say it, but like they can't make mistakes. But the reality is, and I'll tell you this firsthand, a lot of great athletes have a lot of insecurities, and they have a really hard time dealing with a lot of so-called losing or however you want to classify it.

  Apolo Ohno

  Mistake, Athlete, Hard Times

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Motivation, Athlete, Pressure

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• My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Brother, Athlete, Way

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• But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here.

  Trish Stratus

  Athlete, Winning, Division

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• I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest.

  LeRoy Neiman

  Athlete, Past, Years

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