#athletes

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

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#be happy #decent #earn #education #effort

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. ↗

— Dale Murphy

#athletes #cancer #constantly #courage #fight

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#athletes #big #i #i always #liked

Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids. ↗

— Candace Parker

#dropped #father #get #kids #male

Out of the tens of thousands of prosthetic legs they've made, there's never been any 400-meter athletes run under 50 seconds. So, if this was such a technologically advanced prosthetic leg, then how come not everyone's qualifying, or coming close to the qualification time, then? ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#any #athletes #been #close #come

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

— Mary Lou Retton

#olympics #test #their #ultimate #ultimate test

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#after #athletes #best #found #i

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