#athletes

Food fighters in Japan think of themselves as athletes. They have a higher recognition of the game and are constantly thinking about records. I probably won't continue for long because it puts pressure on the body. But I am at the age where I can perform my best. ↗

— Takeru Kobayashi

#age #am #athletes #because #best

A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#athletes #become #camera #convincing #front

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

— Richard Krajicek

#athletes #big #i #i always #liked

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

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

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#athletes #confident #i #i am #like

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.' ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#athletes #go #i #i always #must