#athletic

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

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For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art. ↗

— Avery Brundage

#art #athletics #failed #fine #fine art

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind. ↗

— Sally Pearson

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In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance. ↗

— Kirsty Coventry

#because #body #endurance #go #handle

At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#athlete #athletic #being #cared #enough

Football, that's just athletics. But in the business world - doing everything - people are competing. So you need good work ethics, and I think it helped me to develop good work ethics, being in a small town. ↗

— Herschel Walker

#being #business #business world #competing #develop

The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

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You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#athletic #cannot #children #compare #enjoy

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized. ↗

— Roger Bannister

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As far as natural ability, I was always athletic. ↗

— Troy Brown

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