Quotes About Athletes

I like the Steelers now just because I played in Pittsburgh. I'm a fan, but I liked the Cowboys growing up. I like Emmitt Smith a lot.

I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.

Running backs like Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders, you were lucky to get a piece of them.

'The Iliad' includes some snappy sports reporting, and writers ever since have been probing athletes for signifiers, for metaphor amped by grit under pressure.

Nowadays, of course, flesh peddlers and scouting services identify the best athletes when they are still in junior high. Prospects are not allowed to sneak up on us.

There was a time when only athletes had sneakers. Entertainers having sneakers, on any level, is a blessing.

Americans are pretty next level with snowboarding. We have the best training facilities, the best coaches that push us to the next level.

I think everyone in snowboarding is close. We've become a big family. It's not a cutthroat sport. I'm competing against one of my best friends, and I think it's cool to be at the top of the half pipe, dropping in with your competitor but your best friend, too.

The Pro Bowl is an honor, and I don't know why so many people skip it. I skipped it one time because I played the week before, but I always wanted to be out there.

We've been playing football for so many years that people kind of forget we're also college-educated, so we know how to get something, study it, go out there and try to inform people.

We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all the athletes.

Larry Fitzgerald, I've spent so much time with him, he's one of my favorites and one of the best.

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special.

I love playing against Philip Rivers because he is so competitive, he is so fiery. You can just tell how he just gets his guys going.

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that - similar to me.

We never want anything bad to happen, especially to an athlete like Jon Jones.

I was lucky in that I played in a Liverpool team alongside the likes of Raheem Sterling, Jon Flanagan, Andre Wisdom and Suso and you knew that these players were special.

I know Geno Atkins is a big anime fan. Cameron Jordan, Larry Warford, my boy Adam Gettis is a big anime fan.

The Steph Currys, the Jordan Spieths, those guys are exciting to watch.

Josh Allen has a strong arm, we all know that... I've been around the league to know it's one of the stronger arms, but there a lot of guys with strong arms.

Maybe judges like fighters who run.

Once I started playing as a striker, I'd say I looked up to Julie Fleeting and Thierry Henry.

I think it's not just me. I think there is a lot of guys in the NBA that - just kind of big men in the NBA that can affect the game in so many ways.