#athlete

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

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I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport. ↗

— Tyson Gay

#because #before #both #dated #deal

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#been #died #great #knowing #never

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one. ↗

— Pat Boone

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I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete - incredible. Just legendary. ↗

— Jose Canseco

#average #because #believe #certain #everyone

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point. ↗

— Jose Canseco

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The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

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I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation. ↗

— Bob Costas

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The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

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