Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.
Proper sleep has helped me get to where I am today as an athlete, and it is something that I continue to rely on every day.
I’m not just a footballer; I’m a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.
When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete – to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can’t be a second or two behind.
I’m working on a movie called ‘Labor Day’ with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I’m excited to see what happens.
I’m an athlete, I’m a competitor, so whenever you have a loss, you feel it in your heart.
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I’ve always been an athlete at heart.
When you think about mixed martial arts, you have to think about the entire scope of the athlete.
Everybody doesn’t get to do each and every film. I don’t compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.
When you’re a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic – everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what’s going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.
If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo’s probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.
Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.
I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
At six years old, our son had friends who played soccer from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday through Friday. A six-year-old practicing as much as a Division I athlete.
If I’m only defined by my sport, I really have failed. Yes, I’ve opened myself up for more criticism, but I’m a professional athlete. I get criticised every week. I’m used to it. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt, but you get used to it.
I learned how to be an athlete. I learned the true art of resiliency and grit.
I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete. I don’t have anything against him personally. But he’s not the kind of fighter I like watching.
In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.
I am much more of a geek than I am an athlete.
Collin Jackson was a little before my time and he was a really good athlete. I’ve raced with him, but he’s now retired. He’s a really good role model and someone that I’ve learnt a lot from.
There’s nothing masculine about being competitive. There’s nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don’t know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
As an athlete, when you have a desire and a want to do something, you fight for it. And it doesn’t matter how long your journey is; it’s whether you give up or don’t.
As an athlete, you can train for so many years to be a 5K/10K runner. That’s who you are, and it’s hard to change that. Not using that technique – almost like a sprint – that’s when you have to loosen up and just save as much energy as you can.
I like to think of myself as a pretty good athlete, I don’t think I’m a great sprinter, but 200, 400, maybe 800. I won’t say excel in them, but I’d do pretty good.
I like to think that I’m a family man first and a professional athlete second.
I think every athlete is afraid for their career to be over.
As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you’re going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.
I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whatever. I’m a seasoned athlete, an endurance athlete, and I’m always working out.
The NCAA is one of the worst organizations – maybe the worst organization – in sports. They certainly don’t care about the athlete.
I have been a professional dancer and athlete my entire life.
Tony knew me both as an athlete and as a person. He cared for me like a father.
It’s like being an athlete; you get into a certain shape where you really have the right wind, because it’s all to do with breath. Because singing and dancing at the same time is not easy!
I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I’d taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.
A true athlete is someone who doesn’t just stop training when they stop competing. It’s a way of life, and they keep in shape just to keep up that standard.
Every athlete in the UFC, I think they want to fight for the title. I’m no different.
On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
I’m not an athlete, and I’m not a gymnast, but I’ve always loved any type of sport and fitness, and I love running Tough Mudder or Spartan races and anything that’s strength.
One thing that drives me crazy is when people tell me that I sound good for an athlete. They be like, ‘You don’t sound like you from Harlem.’
I want to be an athlete. I’m not just a running back. I play the running back position.
The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.
At the end of the day, if you’re a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
Unlike the traditional athlete, I’ve got to do more than just engage in my sport to put food on the table. When I’m done running, it’s straight to the office.
I don’t know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I’m kind of the feel-good story who’s seen every level of professional golf.
Traditionally, the treatment for a concussion has been to stare at a wall and wait for your brain to heal itself. Don’t watch TV, don’t read a book, don’t look at your phone, and definitely don’t train. It’s a torturous protocol for an athlete.
The typical response from people when I tell them I’m diabetic is, ‘Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.’ You know, I’m not. I’m a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I’m more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I’m more proactive about my health.
I had started as an average athlete – a normal boy. It took me three years to win a race. I was glad that I endured those three years – that I did not give up.
Precisely at the moment when an athletic career is most on the line and fan perceptions of a Herculean, supra-human performance are highest, an athlete’s brain may be at its most vulnerable.
I was an athlete when I was growing up.
In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.
A lot of people thought you couldn’t be a top-level athlete as a vegan, but people like Mac Danzig and Jake Shields are proving that’s wrong. And it’s better for me as a performer.
Once you start worrying about a national football championship, then you begin to worry about getting the quality of athlete, and the numbers needed, to win a national championship. And that worry leads to pressure to compromise academic standards to admit those athletes.
Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn’t be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.
