There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.
Rebecca Lobo

Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.
Dennis Eckersley

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
Martha Graham

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

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
Bob Gibson

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
Will Rogers

When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process, which should be about how much responsibilities you carry as an athlete and a citizen.
Alexis Arguello

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.
Dick Fosbury

You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
Faye Dunaway

You can't really describe how difficult it is to deal with. It is any athlete's worst nightmare to be accused of cheating by taking drugs. It really is very difficult to put into words how it makes you feel.
Greg Rusedski

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.
Robin Yount

You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
Dan O'Brien