I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on. Melanie Roach
I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day. Apolo Ohno
If you can miss getting up in the morning and running into a wall, I miss playing football. I'll never be a frustrated athlete. Brian Bosworth
In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA. Shawn Johnson
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. Michael Jordan
In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions. Hope Solo
It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity - and Bill alluded to this - so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go. Frank Shorter
It's always a dream to be on the cover, it's one of the things an athlete always aspires to do, to be on the cover of a videogame, but I never thought I would get to do it this quick.Dwyane Wade
It's not my place to tell you whom to vote for, to take any political stand, to tell you what religion to believe in. I'm an athlete. I can influence certain things, but when I see other athletes and celebrities telling you whom to vote for, I actually get a bit offended. Pete Sampras
It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater. Cathy Rigby
It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into. Lance Armstrong
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated. Bill Rodgers
My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down. Hale Lrwin
OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice - a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn't. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things. Dhani Jones
People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. Jackie Joyner Kersee