Honestly, the only thing I loved when I was a kid was basketball. I was an athlete when I was a kid, and that was it. – Justin Timberlake
One of our worst traits in journalism is that when we have a narrative in our minds, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it. Thus we managed to portray President Gerald Ford, a first-rate athlete, as a klutz. – Nicholas Kristof
Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I’d really love to meet him. – Mason Cook
It’s tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There’s tension, there’s media. I had no idea what I was getting into. – Lance Armstrong
To be an Olympic athlete is an honour, a privilege. They’re so respected. This is my dream. I have to do this. – Kelita Zupancic
I’m signing on to be an athlete, and it’s almost like Karl Marx’s theory on capitalism. I am both the worker and the product. I’m choosing to be a part of this system, thus I’m choosing to be part of the conditions that are set in this system. – Lawrence Jackson
I would always love to be an athlete, but it’s got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats. – Kevin James
I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe. – Keyshawn Johnson
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
When you see all the medals won by Team GB, you can just see how much it means to each and every athlete, so it just feel like it’s a little bit of a missed opportunity – but I’m only 23. I have just got to get on now and keep going. – Katarina Johnson-Thompson
I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It’s the pinnacle of any athlete’s career. – Katarina Johnson-Thompson
I am not someone who deserves to be dissected and analyzed like some tragic example of everything that can possibly go wrong for a professional athlete. – Josh Gordon
I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing. – Kay Cannon
In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student. – James S. Coleman
The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer. – Julia Leigh
If a female is good-looking, it totally decreases her credibility. Now she’s not a good athlete – she’s only good in these track meets because she’s good-looking. – Lolo Jones
There’s definitely a whole double standard. I don’t understand it. A guy can be sexy and good-looking, and it totally just enhances his credibility as an athlete. – Lolo Jones
The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don’t want to come across as negative and moaning. – Lizzie Armitstead
Every athlete at his peak is going to perform with a different mental cocktail. I thrive in the underdog, reserved, it’s-not-over-till-it’s-over mindset. – Kevin Jorgeson
As soon as I had a child, he became the priority. Now, I fit my training around him. I’ve changed as an athlete. – Jessica Ennis-Hill
I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete. – Kate Voegele
Maybe I’m the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out. – Katarina Johnson-Thompson