Sentence examples for it the athlete from inspiring English sources

Until recently we saw, together with the injunction from Nike to "Just Do It", the athlete in his green Lycra bodysuit bursting off the starting blocks, under the line: "I am the bullet in the chamber".

Many beginners do this, and not only is it not pretty, it causing the athlete to lean forward.

Nor, as Joe Nocera points out in his excellent reporting on the National Collegiate Athletic Association, is it the athletes and their parents who are at fault when coaches, athletic directors and alumni cross the line.

As one official put it: "The athletes' lives consist of three points: training, eating and sleeping.

It's the athlete in me.

If it is, the athlete must produce another.

"It's the athlete in me being attracted to these black women in these unusual situations.

I am always looking to learn and to improve – it is the athlete in me.

"It's the athlete's form of impotence," Jim Bitrosi, a 52-year-old advertising executive, said.

Tendon-replacement surgery is similar to laser surgery: it turns the athlete into an improved version of his natural self.

"It is the athlete's responsibility to ensure that everything he or she is ingesting is clean," says McMillan.