Gene Kelly (1912–1996) American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer
Quoted in "Gene Kelly's Musical Memories" by Rex Reed, in The Chicago Tribune (November 29, 1970)
Quoted in Colin Jarman's The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990)
Gene Kelly (1912–1996) American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer
Quoted in "Gene Kelly's Musical Memories" by Rex Reed, in The Chicago Tribune (November 29, 1970)
“I am an athlete, and as an athlete it’s normal to keep challenging to do more and more.”
Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)
Interpretation of a Japanese interview, as quoted in an article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/sports/olympics/yuzuru-hanyu.html of The New York Times, written by Jeré Longman, published 4 January 2018. (Retrieved 10 September 2020) <br class="br">Other quotes, 2018
“I ain't an athlete, lady. I'm a ballplayer.”
John Kruk (1961) American baseball player
"John Kruk Stats" http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=krukjo01, Baseball-Almanac.com (accessed 2006-04-14)
“It is not gymnastics or ice skating, you know.”
Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) Czech Olympic long-distance runner
Attributed by Tom Knight, "Zatopek: 'human locomotive' who made Olympic history", Telegraph, 23 November 2000 (Telegraph Media Group) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2993266/Athletics-Zatopek-human-locomotive-who-made-Olympic-history.html <br class="br">regarding his lack of finesse
“I'm actually pretty athletic. I have to work out just to look fat.”
Will Ferrell (1967) American actor, writer, and comedian
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6461604
Jared Jordan
Attributed
“We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
"Remarks at National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Banquet (496)," December 5 1961. Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1961. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx <br class="br">1961