#athlete

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can. ↗

— Hidetoshi Nakata

#believe #best #continue #excel #explore

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#become #champion #concentration #dues #had

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#olympics #test #their #ultimate #ultimate test

I'm continuing to prepare very well because I have my responsibility and my (pride) as a man and an athlete. ↗

— Dayron Robles

#because #continuing #i #man #prepare

Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes. ↗

— Gale Sayers

#fighting #heroes #hoax #iraq #men

We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place. ↗

— Otto Schily

#been #berlin #best #city #decision

I'm not going to relate to an athlete as a peer. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#going #i #peer #relate

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#ball player #female #herself #i #just

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or swimmer or something. ↗

— Kristanna Loken

#approaching #athlete #i #me #people

We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#anything #athletes #because #choose #games