#athletes

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athletes #because #burnt #calendar #career

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athletes #athletics #careers #deeply #finish

We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over. ↗

— Alberto Juantorena

#athletics #careers #future #make #once

Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#athletes #many #their #too #weaknesses

Too many athletes don't have the ability to set a goal and then carefully go towards it. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#athletes #carefully #go #goal #many

Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together. ↗

— Venus Williams

#along #athletes #because #brings #everyone

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

— Mary Lou Retton

#olympics #test #their #ultimate #ultimate test

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day. ↗

— Phil Knight

#best #day #meeting #sports #thrill

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#athletes #beings #believe #complete #even

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American. ↗

— Larry Bird

#athletes #greatest #i #mean #world