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That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. -- Armstrong Williams
I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not. -- George J. Mitchell
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
The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field. -- Jimmy Haslam
Golf has humbled, humiliated, and just about licked all the great athletes who tried it. -- Earl Blaik
Most comedians weren't great athletes; that was the way they got noticed in high school. -- Judd Apatow
I don't fold under pressure, great athletes perform better under pressure, so put pressure on me. -- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
The thing about great athletes is that they all believe they can win the very next time. -- Michael Wilbon
There are a lot of great athletes who stop working out, and they get out of shape like everybody else in their 30s and 40s. -- Dolph Lundgren
Just like the cast of a great movie and the career of great athletes few success stories are a one man show. Build your team and grow. -- Rasheed Ogunlaru
There are a lot of young great athletes out there; they're much better athletes than what we were. They're bigger, faster, stronger, unfortunately, there're fewer places to go. -- George Steele
Great people and great athletes realize early in their lives their destiny, and accept it. Even if they do not consciously realize the how, the where, the what. -- Percy Cerutty
You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference. -- Lou Holtz
You can kick a ball into the net, throw a basketball into the net. Tennis is complicated. It'll make a lot of great athletes run the other way because they can't be successful initially. -- Jim Courier
But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here. -- Trish Stratus
Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes. -- Arlen Specter
I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest. -- LeRoy Neiman
Personally, I think SmackDown! has to be a little spicier than it is, a little more electrifying than it is. It's got great athletes and they've got great action, they've done some tremendous stuff, but I want it to knock you off the couch when it opens up. And I think we as a group have the ability to do that. -- Dusty Rhodes
You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things by watching a shortstop at work, how he concentrates on one thing at a time. You learn from classic music, from the blues and jazz, from bluegrass. From all this, you learn how to sustain a great line without bringing in unnecessary words. -- Ernest Gaines
I think a great athlete transcends eras. -- Dan Jenkins
Durability is part of what makes a great athlete. -- Bill Russell
I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete. -- Usain Bolt
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion. -- Idi Amin
There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is. -- Bill Bradley
I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances. -- Nancy Greene
I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did. -- Lou Holtz
I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player. -- Steve Largent
The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds. -- George Allen, Sr.
These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes. -- Jim Sensenbrenner
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. -- Billie Joe Armstrong
People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. -- Bill Bradley
Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero. -- Will McDonough
I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics. -- Herschel Walker
Had I been a great athlete, I'm not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes. -- Lou Holtz
All good athletes make mistakes; the great ones learn to make that mistake only once. -- Raul Lopez
I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have. -- Bob Stoops
What's great about stand-up unlike athletes and other things when you get old you get old and rusty. -- Jay Mohr
All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired. -- Sri Chinmoy
It's like athletes: To be a great company you need great competitors...It's what keeps you alive and keeps you honest. -- Craig R. Barrett
Great coaches are great humanitarians. They really care for the athlete as people first and athletes second. This is paramount in gaining respect. -- Gordie Gillespie
My job is to teach them to believe they could perform better than they realize. Great coaches teach athletes to go beyond the barriers. -- John Roderick
What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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