Quotes about Athletes

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.

I see a lot of athletes that don't really use social media, or they're saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted to change the game.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

I feel like we bring in a lot of money to the universities. We put in a lot of work. Some guys don't have enough money to bring their families to the games... so I feel like athletes should be compensated for it.

At some point, universities have to do more to prepare players for university life and help them succeed beyond football. There's so much money being made in this sport. It's a crime to not do everything you can to help the people who are making it for those who are spending it.

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.

Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were the two guys with unstoppable moves.

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that's cool.

Medal in Olympics is not small thing. There is a need to develop sportsperson especially athletes from the grass-root level to win medal in Olympics. The athletes should start to develop from the school level.

The pay in the minor leagues, I think it's terrible, it's disgusting, it's exploitative.