#athletes

I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful. ↗

— Linford Christie

#because #been #i #i think #me

It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I've spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#athletes #beaten #been #could #different

For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#american dream #athletes #centuries #dream #gateway

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation. ↗

— Bob Costas

#athletes #competing #had #here #i

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

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

Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids. ↗

— Candace Parker

#dropped #father #get #kids #male

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

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

— Mary Lou Retton

#olympics #test #their #ultimate #ultimate test

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus. ↗

— Hope Solo

#extremists #focus #laser #training