Michael Jordan might be the best basketball player ever, but LeBron James is the greatest athlete ever. – Stephen Jackson
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
He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music. – Herb Alpert
Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It’s the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough. – Harvey Mackay
I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics. – Herschel Walker
In my neighborhood in Springfield, Ohio, there were a lot of young kids. We all played tackle football after school, but I knew very early on that I was not an athlete. – John Legend
I don’t think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it’s the best motivation you’ll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you’re going to be expected to deliver. – Holt McCallany
Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I’m asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
When you are an athlete, it’s difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you. – Johnny Weir
I can’t tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen. – Alberto Salazar
The CrossFit program is broad, general and inclusive, and most of all, the movements can be scaled down to any level of athlete. Just watch what I do with it on ‘The Biggest Loser.’ – Bob Harper
The prostheses do not run the race on their own: there is an athlete who does the work, and the prosthetics do not make a significant difference to the time. – Alan Oliveira
We know that as a Christian athlete, people are watching, and so we want to be the best example we can be and show that we are different – that Christ has changed our lives. – Ben Zobrist
Growing up, I wasn’t an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater. – Bobby Cannavale
Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes. – Ato Boldon
A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls. – Ashley Wagner
The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo. – Bayard Taylor
I’m an athlete, but I’m not a runner. I’m 5-foot-8 and stocky – not exactly a runner’s type. – Andrew Lawrence
I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active. – Arjun Rampal
