- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Athlete Quotes
Grit, discipline, and the will to compete.
These lines come from people reflecting on what it means to carry an athlete's identity, including one who admits to resisting the perfect image often expected of competitors. Another compares decades on stage to the physical demands of sport. More at Being.
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- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
- Try
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try not to be a typical athlete.
- Heck
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- Nov 07, 2020
Holly Holm is a heck of an athlete and a heck of a fighter.
- Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio.
- Trying
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.
- Nov 07, 2020