The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could’ve done that better. – Andy Roddick
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything. – Brian McKnight
If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. I’ll never be a frustrated athlete. – Brian Bosworth
I’m a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I’m mad built. – Action Bronson
An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you need to refrain from activities so as to be able to express this power. – Andrea Bocelli
I would say that one of the hardest things for an athlete, and really anybody of any profession, is that we create our identity in what we do. – Benjamin Watson
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. – Billie Joe Armstrong
Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I’m happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look – it’s useable, functional muscle. – Channing Tatum
Let’s not call physical comedy falling down and pratfalls. All humor is physical, no matter how you dish it out. It’s timing, like a dancer or an athlete would have. – Chevy Chase
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition. – Bill Parcells
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers. – Al Pacino
I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one’s body as an instrument rather than just an ornament. – Alanis Morissette
When you’re an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual. – Cal Ripken, Jr.
The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete. – Alberto Juantorena
Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too. – Al Kaline
Being an athlete in a cold-weather sport is really difficult to deal with the asthma. – Charlie White
If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out. – Alberto Juantorena
Also, I’d like to play an athlete again, while I’m still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character. – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete. – Beyonce Knowles
As an athlete, you really see a lot of the Instagram paradigm. Where it’s just like, ‘Me! Me! Me!’ When you realize you can ‘Give, Give, Give,’ it’s very interesting, and it’s good. – Ashton Eaton