Sentence examples for driven athlete from inspiring English sources

A driven athlete, he ran so much in high school that he suffered dozens of tiny stress fractures in both legs.

Vayner, a driven athlete and entrepreneur, had become synonymous with the perils of unintended internet fame.

If anything, the aspect that appeals to many about Olympic achievement – hugely driven athletes doing extraordinary deeds and overcoming huge odds – is even more pronounced when it comes to the Paralympics.

It is the same reckless appropriation of the Olympic motto — Faster, Higher, Stronger — that drives athletes to enhance their chances through better if illicit chemistry.

But Ms. Walker uses that moment to pivot to a disturbing look at high-risk sports and the traumatic brain injuries associated with them, as well as the slippery question of what drives athletes to keep trying to go higher, faster and more extreme.

This selfishness drives athletes like Ronaldo to not stop trying to be anointed, unconditionally, the world's greatest football player.

I have often wondered what drives athletes, other than pure ability, to make that shot at the buzzer or go the extra distance.

We've become accustomed to the faith-driven athlete and coach, from Billy Sunday to Tim Tebow.

He's very instrumental to this". "This" would be Meyers Taylor's pursuit of a gold medal in bobsled, which is a realistic possibility given she won bronze in 2010 as a push athlete, then drove her sled to silver four years ago in the Sochi Games, and has since won two golds at world championships.

His piece becomes an attempt to understand the extreme and seemingly contradictory forces that drive the athlete.

Today is where I'm given the opportunity and privilege to meet and drive an athlete from Australia's very own Special Olympics team.