If you dream that you are an athlete or that you are watching an athlete, you may believe that you will soon be going through a difficult time in your life, but that you will have the strength to persevere.
If you dream that are are training to be an athlete it could mean that you need to improve your physical fitness in waking life.
If you dream someone you know is a successful athlete it could reflect feeling of being left behind, that you wish you were doing as well in life as they are.
Dreaming of becoming an athletcan also signify that you can achieve your goals if you put the correct amount of effort in.
Dream that you keep failing in some athletic endevour could show that it is time to give up on some current pursuit and move onto something else?