Noun
One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.
One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally. Gene Kelly
I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete. Chris Cleave
The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers. Al Pacino
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week. Evan Esar
Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through. Germaine Greer
An athlete will never see a healthy day. Finnish Proverb