Athlete Quotes

The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.

Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.

Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.

I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.

Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun.

People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.

People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.

My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.

Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.

It's totally different now, traveling to different meets and different cities and actually being able to enjoy the cities I'm in.

It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won.

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.

I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.

I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and me that we should use any God-given talent we had.

I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.

It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

The hurricane flooded me out of a lot of memorabilia, but it can't flood out the memories.

The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.

Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.