"We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over."

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"We want to make sure our athletes have a future once their athletics careers are over."

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"My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support of the entire Cuban society, to carry my flag in whatever competition I was in, the Olympic Games, Pan-American Games."

Society, People, Competition, Country

"I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school."

Education, School

"If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out."

Athletes, Career, Longevity, Risk

"Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion."

Life, Want

"We want to promote the great qualities of athletics - and maintain its integrity - all over the world."

Integrity, Want, World

"I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport."

Nation, Country, Race, Road

"The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete."

Life,

"I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of."

Family, Love, Work, Music

"We need to be aware of all aspects: To check how they travel, how they eat, the competition conditions."

Travel, Competition

"We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way."

Athletes, Careers, Managers

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"The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Athletes, Crowds, Obscurity

"So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it."

Ralph Boston, American Athlete

Athletes,

"I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012."

Linford Christie, British Athlete

Athletes,

"The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best."

Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

Athletes, Night

"Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed."

Anita Desai, Indian Novelist

Athletes, Day, Effort, Practice

"Everywhere you look these days you see Carolina athletes."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Athletes,

"I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman."

Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist

Athletes, Talk, Woman

"There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously."

Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist

Athletes,

"That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes."

Martina Hingis, Czechoslovakian Athlete

Athletes, Jealousy, Reason, Training

"As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day."

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

Athletes, Day