#athlete

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

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Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal - bottom line. ↗

— Ray Lewis

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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes. ↗

— Al McGuire

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Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support. ↗

— Ryan White

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I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too. ↗

— Katarina Witt

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As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember. ↗

— Katarina Witt

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When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world. ↗

— Katarina Witt

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Of course, rivals do affect athletes mentally, but if you are competing with top-notch athletes, you will push each other, you will encourage each other. ↗

— Liu Xiang

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Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#advice #anything #athlete #coaches #dictate