Definition of Athlete

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Athlete

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.

One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

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Athlete Quotations

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

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.
Germaine Greer

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

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

I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.
Mickey Rourke

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

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
Bo Jackson

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

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

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
James Caan

Athlete Translations

athlete in Afrikaans is atleet
athlete in Danish is atlet
athlete in Dutch is atleet
athlete in Italian is atleta, sportivo
athlete in Portuguese is atleta
athlete in Spanish is deportista
athlete in Swedish is idrottsman, atlet

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