Quotes About Athletes

Everybody loves tennis or soccer there. That's another reason for these unbelievable tennis players from Tandil.

It's unbelievable how much talent there is among shortstops. They all bring something a little different to the table.

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

Sports is like a war without the killing.

The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field.

When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does your self-esteem plummet? Of course not. On the contrary, you feel wonder and admiration; you're inspired that such exceptional individuals exist. So why can't we feels the same way about beauty?

Sports is like a war without the killing.

Defenders are always tough, whether you play in Spain or England.

Spain are certainly one of the best teams in the world.

In Spain, we have a pretty good league - for me, I think it's the second-best league in the world. They play tough there, they play aggressive. The big difference is that we play only one game a week in Spain, maybe two.

The career span for athletes is very short-lived. So you aren't being, perhaps, the smartest person if you don't take care of your family when you're able to.

I'm not a massive basketball fan but I follow some of the Spanish players.

For me, the Bundesliga is a stronger competition than the English and Spanish leagues.

Probably the Liga MX or the American league, there are a higher number of competitive games than in the Spanish league or the English league.

There are not many heavyweight fighters to come by, so having so many sparring partners is a big luxury a lot of other fighters don't have.

When most people think of Tae Kwon Do - which, in the United States, is not all that often - they think of sparring, a form of competition that both men and women perform at the Olympics.

I've done a lot of rounds with Teofimo Lopez, sparring in Miami - so I know about him.

In U.S., there are lot of good fighters, female fighters. Lots of different sparring partners. So it's good.

Cobb would have to play center field on my all time team. But where would that put Speaker? In left. If I had them both, I would certainly play them that way.

The guys in the Premier League are about the 10 best in the world and that is what makes the event so special.

Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models.

If you look at all the top shooters in the NBA, guys that might be specialists like how I see myself, they're always 40 percent and above. So, that's a personal goal for me to get into that elite three-point shooting percentage.

I certainly look at the modern guys and think they are a different species to when we played. They are fitter and their conditioning is extraordinary.

The conditioning aspect of things is really important, obviously in basketball, and then specifically for players like me.