Quotes About Jim Thorpe

#1. I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.

Lee Trevino

#2. I can honestly say that in my time in America, I have not encountered any racism. When Jim Thorpe and I make fun of each other on the range, or even when a white player makes a joke about my color, I take it as what it is-a joke-and give it back accordingly.

Vijay Singh

#3. Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done.

Russell Means

#4. My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe.

Randy Castillo

#5. There are not two cultures, only half-cultured individuals

Judith Merril

#6. Track and field, because it was something I could do by myself, one-on-one, me against everybody else.

Jim Thorpe

#7. I have a gift for inventing fantasies with extraordinary speed.

Paulo Coelho

#8. I never was content unless I was trying my skill ... or testing my endurance.

Jim Thorpe

#9. He is in a gunfight right now. I'm gonna have to take a message.

Erika Eleniak

#10. I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

Jim Thorpe

#11. Accept you are a work in progress, that there are things which you cannot change, others which take time to change and some which will be a shame to change.

Carol Vorvain

#12. What is in your blood matters, but not as much as what is in your heart.

Sonja Yoerg

#13. I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].

Jim Thorpe

#14. The Yankees, you see, they're a money team, they're the class of baseball. You don't ever bet against that.

Jim Thorpe

#15. I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.

Jim Thorpe