#athlete

Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career. ↗

— Eric Liu

#any #arrival #asian #asian american #athletes

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#basketball #game #sports #sports-inspirational #sportsmanship

...if I was going to play this game and love it, it had to love me back. ↗

— Amy Lane

#reason-for-coming-out #love

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago. ↗

— James Caan

#always #athlete #couple #golf #i

I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university. ↗

— Earl Campbell

#clean #education #get #hands #i

I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. ↗

— Earl Campbell

#get #i #just #remember #them

We have got to go out there and deliver, go on the streets and find athletes, improve facilities around the country and find coaches. We have got to go out there and search for a star. ↗

— Linford Christie

#athletes #coaches #country #deliver #facilities

I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal. ↗

— Lindsay Davenport

#athlete #fact #hide #i #i always

In high school and college, I was an athlete. ↗

— David Duchovny

#college #high #high school #i #school

Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#both #cared #father #knew #like