Peggy Fleming Quotes

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

Boxing has been the most difficult thing I've ever done. The biggest challenge in my life. I was a boxer. That was hard. Everything else is pretty easy.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I'm a competitor. Gym work can be tough. But you just try to get through it.

I focus on playing football, and there are many battles you have to think about and which must be won.

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

I ran track, and basically played every sport.

I started out doing triathlons because they terrified me! I'm a good swimmer, I learned to ride a bike in college, and I hate running. It seemed like something I could never do, so I decided, 'I'm gonna do it.'

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

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.

I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

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.

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.

I am much more wired to be an athlete than anything else. I understand the 'hard work = payoff' equation in sports. I run marathons and I box. And that's my Puerto Rican flag hanging in Freddie Roach's Wild Card Boxing gym. I gave it to him. My last N.Y.C. marathon time I ran in three hours flat.

I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.... The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.

It's not for everybody, and some of the toughest people I've ever met in my lifetime, I met in the wrestling ring.

Every day, I need to get better. I need to get stronger. I need to get faster.

Once I've got my legs under me and I'm fit and healthy, I'm a hard, hard man to beat.

Playing football can be damn harsh, but every day is a fight for equality.