#athlete

Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met. ↗

— Don King

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In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports. ↗

— Billie Jean King

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When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last! ↗

— Billie Jean King

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I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want. ↗

— Barry Sanders

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I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan. ↗

— Dick Schaap

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I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete. ↗

— Curt Schilling

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You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes. ↗

— Curt Schilling

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It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

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