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That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.
There's always a point where you get knocked down. But I draw on what I've learned on the track: If you work hard, things will work out.
We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.
Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.
Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.
I know I've made huge gains in my confidence, and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has made me a better athlete
I don't really agree with the role model thing. People are always saying that athletes shouldn't do X or Y because they are role models.
Any top-level athlete, it's always the same. There's always that hint of arrogance there... It's hard to be humble when you're the best.
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.
Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.
The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.
Thank you to everyone that has made me the athlete I am! God, family and friends, my competitors and supporters! You have all had a hand!
A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.
To me, snowboarding is really an art form, and I think every athlete, every snowboarder has her own style, and that makes them stand out.
I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.
Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just a decoration.
By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.
I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park.
I'm the biggest sports fan there is, I love sports, but I'm still convinced that it's teachers who deserve the big salaries, not athletes.
I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to everything you say.
Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why I was able to swim so well
I made Edgar Davids vice-captain. Nothing to do with colour, just because he was playing excellently and because he lives like an athlete.
I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.
I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.
I grew up with sports, but I was definitely not good enough to become a professional athlete - I just loved the storytelling aspect of it.
Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.
I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.
You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.
Championships are not won on the night of a big event, but years before by athletes who commit themselves daily to championship principles
Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow.
I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it.
Any sport you're going to do, you're going to lose more than you win. People don't realize how hard it is to be an athlete. It's difficult.
For every athlete, Olympics is the target, but mine is a little different. I am focusing on improving my timing; that's what I think about.
I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].
That's what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. It's like magic, you know. I like that.
My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.
I was a total athlete. I loved sports, but when I realized I wasn't going to be a professional athlete, I realized I wanted to be in movies.
In 1981, I spoke at the Olympic Congress. I was scandalised that I was the first athlete to be given that chance. But I made the most of it.
Everyone is an athlete. You want to go hiking, you want to go biking, you want to go jogging or for a walk? You're automatically an athlete.
There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're narcissists.
Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential.
I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.
Too many times women try to be competitive with each other. We should help support each other, rather than try to be better than each other.
Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture.
As an athlete, you learn to keep pushing through the pain until the pain eventually becomes unbearable. Even then, you are told to continue.
I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.