Athlete Quotes Quotes

“If a girl wants to sell her body, so be it. None of my business. Don't athletes sell their bodies, too? People can do behind closed doors whatever they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York

“Learn like an amateur. Train like a champion. Fight like a warrior. Triumph like a conqueror.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Losing teaches you how to win; winning teaches you how not to lose.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“If records refuse to be broken, shatter them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Shatter your fears and you will shatter records.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Compete with yourself until the only one left to compete with is yourself.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“At the end of the week, when we sat down to dinner, all eyes went to the trays on the table, where browned-to-perfection mini corn dogs cuddled up against a variety of dipping sauces.
“This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” A lineman wiped a tear from his eye.
“It’s like Christmas,” I said, all choked up.
“I love you, Coach.” The quarterback’s bottom lip quivered.
We dove into the pile of savory sausages, watched NFL football, and forgot our aches, pains, and camp struggles.”
― Jake Byrne, First and Goal: What Football Taught Me About Never Giving Up

“Step up your game and success will step up to you.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“You cannot break records without breaking fear first.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“One who sets records is great. One who breaks records is extraordinary. One who shatters records is exceptional.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“What you practice in private you will be rewarded for in public.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your Mouth, Attitude, Behavior and Character can cancel out any and all talent you have. Take Responsibility.”
― Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarinouarino

“I love to marvel at the abilities of elite athletes and, like most nonelites, I envy what they can do. But they should envy us too. Greatness is a burden, and there's a profound freedom in knowing you'll never have it. There's nothing like trying something new and sucking at it, then sucking a little less every day you keep at it. Until science makes it possible to get younger, getting fitter, faster, and better at what you love will remain the closest thing most of us have.”
― Jeff Bercovici, Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age

“When you are on top of your game you have no time for those beneath their own.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The sensation of mentally awakening while your feet are moving you through the crisp dark morning air is hard to describe. It's like pulling down the covers after a night of sleep and discovering your bed is a sled careening down a ski slope.”
― Gregory S. Williams, Dirt and Ink: A Runner's Journey

“A Leader is a Reader .”
― Mizo Amin

“I can be both devastated... and... grateful at the same time.”
― Kim Perfetto

“All those people who have achieved greatness in their life have one thing in common as a personality trait within them that is "Discipline". They follow a routine and they are constantly striving towards excellence. If you have a million-dollar dream but lacks discipline, your dream will be your dream only it will not become a reality. Great people have mastered discipline in their life and without discipline, they are just people without greatness.”
― Aiyaz Uddin, Science Behind A Perfect Life

“I can comment that a team sport, that is volleyball, quickly exposes bad people and equally quickly displaces them from the team. You can probably play tennis, while hating everybody in the world. Playing volleyball you must love at least one person other than yourself.”
― Vyatcheslav Platonov, My Profession - The Game

“The art of true sportsmanship is not only shaped by winning, but by being able to embrace defeat, respect and participating with integrity.”
― Wayne Chirisa

“The impossible is what motivates me everyday to go to the pool. It's so satisfying, so epically rewarding when you start chipping away at those idealistic goals. Nothing has made me more committed to my training than choosing a scary goal and taking the steps to go after it.”
― Katie Ledecky, Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

“For a striving athlete, there is no substitute for relationships with people living and breathing the same experience, the dedication and the deprivation. Few folks know what it means to show up before the sun, log lap after lap, monitor every meal, put so much of your life on hold for a singular goal. But ultimately, it's a blessing to compete in this sport. And do it with others who love it as much as I do.”
― Katie Ledecky, Just Add Water: My Swimming Life