#athlete

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

— Katarina Witt

#because #good #i #just #just because

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

#athlete #choose #create #desire #drawn

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#alone #athlete #center #coaches #doctors

Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#both #cared #father #knew #like

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication. ↗

— Michael Diamond

#dedication #follows #hard #hard work #many

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

— Ryan White

#entertainers #giving #me #stars #started

I think nowadays it's so easy as an athlete to become a statistic whether or not you lose everything or having trouble or whatever it may be. ↗

— Venus Williams

#become #easy #everything #having #i

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

#becoming #best #breathe #bubble #certain

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

#athletes #competing #course #each #encourage

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