Quotes of: Young-athletes Keyword

You know raising a family in the lifestyle of a professional athlete can be very difficult.

Robin Yount

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

Earl Campbell

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

Carl Lewis

As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it ...

Brian J. White

You don't have to look like an Under Armour mannequin to be an athlete. A lot of people probably think I'm not athletic or don't even try to work out or whatever, but I do. Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just becaus...

Prince Fielder

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

Jose Canseco

We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over.

Alberto Juantorena

Athletes know kids look up to them, and it's important for athletes to be responsible.

Deion Sanders

American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.

Gordie Howe

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

Walter Dean Myers

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate ...

Kristi Yamaguchi

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

Ato Boldon

I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I love my life.

Billy Horschel

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

Bo Jackson

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

Hale Irwin

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.

Eric Heiden

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

Josh Duhamel

If the Palestinian Olympic Committee or Palestinian Federation provide good facilities to the athletes then maybe I can become better than these Bahraini or Qatari athletes.

Nader al-Masri

I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'

Jessica Simpson

I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in...

Wladimir Klitschko

My type is really young, short, athletic, and smart. I know, you want to be with someone who's going to be your friend - yeah, yeah, yeah. I want the Adonis line, the two down the hips to the waist. And a guy has to be able to accept criticism about ...

Rachel Nichols