Quotes About Athletes

The drivers are regular people that come from all over the country. I think the sports fans can relate to them.

We want a clean and effective Olympic body where it can help us and Indian sports to grow and we athletes can represent our country and our flag once again.

All combat sports are connected.

Sports is a huge entertainment now, and we need to provide that entertainment for the fans because that's what they're looking for.

We all sign up where you might get hurt. That's what makes this league a little bit different than any other in professional sports.

If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.

I'm a big sports fan even outside of baseball. I love watching guys that are supposed to be great, and are great, live up to the expectations. So I really appreciate consistency.

I am a huge sports fan and could easily reel off a load of sports stars who became idols to me.

It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!

When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.

Part of a sportsman's job is taking banter from the crowd.

NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship and respect on the court.

For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He's the greatest I've ever seen... on the mic and in the ring.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are two players that, the way I see it, can have a spot amongst the best of all time.

I think guys are burning the business out by doing all this high impact stuff because once you use it as just a high spot, that's all it will ever be afterwards.

Our players are role models; there's no question about it. Whether they want to be or not. They are. So they're in the spotlight. So if they do something that's wrong, that's in the spotlight, too.

Athletes vs Cancer is a foundation that I started in 2008 after I lost my mom to cancer in 2007, and our goal is early detection, preventative screening and just really spreading knowledge about the cancer disease.

People who say spring training's too long, I absolutely disagree. I think it's the perfect length of time.

Colorado Springs is a very good place to train ahead of the Olympics. We get to compete with different partners, learn different movements, we also get to improve upon our speed, which is very essential.

To play against Luka Modric is always special because he's an exceptional player and, of course, a living legend from Spurs, where you still hear a lot about him.

If I was a marginal guy or a practice squad player or a career-long special teamer, you take a hell of a lot less hits in those roles.

My opinion is always that players need to be happy. You cannot keep them in the squad if they are not happy.

You only have to look at the England squad to see the amount of players who get in the squad and start the games - the majority play in the Champions League.

I think playing international football burns players out, but I was in and out of the England squad so never felt that.