“I grew up very much an athlete and very much a swimmer and a dancer and a horse rider and surf lifesaving club, you name it I've probably done it. I just find so much gratification in being physical.” DoneNamesGrewGrew UpHorseAthleteClubsDancerGratificationRidersSurfSwimmer Author:Sharni Vinson
“It was bad enough to have toppled from the Olympic heights to make my living competing with animals. But the competition wasn't even fair. No man could beat a race horse, not even for 100 yards.” MenEnoughSportsAnimalRaceBeatsFairsHorseCompetitionAthleteHeightYardsCompetingRace Horses Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“All that the Y.M.C.A.'s horse and rings really accomplished was to fill me with an ineradicable distaste, not only for Christian endeavor in all its forms, but also for every variety of calisthenics, so that I still begrudge the trifling exertion needed to climb in and out of a bathtub, and hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. If I had my way no man guilty of golf would be eligible to any office of trust or profit under the United States, and all female athletes would be shipped to the white-slave corrals of the Argentine.” IfsMenWayPersonsStillsStatesWould BeChristianFormHateSportsWhiteUnitedCommonUnited StatesNeededExerciseOfficeFemaleHorseGolfSlaveAthleteProfitRingsLikesCommon SenseGuiltyVarietyMy WayAccomplishedClimbsEndeavorExertionTriflingBathtubsDistasteFemale AthleteCalisthenics Author:H. L. Mencken
“I don't rate myself as a fantastic, talented athlete. I just have perseverance. I'm a cart horse. I work hard.” HardHard WorkHorsePerseveranceRateAthleteFantasticCarts Author:Colleen De Reuck
“The secret is, first, get a thoroughbred horse because they are the most nervous animals on earth. Then get the biggest gun you can find and make sure the starter fires that big gun right by the nervous thoroughbred's ear.” FirstsBigsEarthSportsAnimalSecretFireGunEarsHorseAthleteNervousStartersThoroughbredsThoroughbred Horses Author:Jesse Owens