Athletes Compete

Famous quotes containing the words athletes and/or compete:

“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“No doubt you were extremely beautiful as a young girl, but your youth could never compete with your age now.”
—Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)