It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago.
Michael East

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

Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.
Will McDonough

My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
Bill Rodgers

My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe.
Randy Castillo

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.
Will McDonough

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something.
Kristanna Loken

Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure.
Geena Davis

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.
George Steinbrenner

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad.
Brett Favre

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.
Linford Christie

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication.
Michael Diamond

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.
Emil Zatopek

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.
Dennis Rodman

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.
Bill Toomey

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.
Frank Shorter

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.
Alberto Juantorena

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
Pierre de Coubertin

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.
Brian Boitano

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
Bill Bradley