Quotes About Athletes

In MMA, all of these coaches are doing their best.

In the NBA, you have a better diet and strength coaches to make you better physically. And the number of coaches, it makes me feel like there's more of them than us players.

I'm one of those athletes, I compete better for coaches that I have a lot of love and respect for.

I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.

Don't get me wrong; I miss the live elements of coaching.

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

Bellator is collecting talent, collecting world-level talent all across the board.

We want the best sort of 500 players or so that we can possibly get, and the best 500 players typically have a very similar background. They've played three or four years of college football. They're mature. They're professional.

I will give Cassius Clay $250,000 if he will just get into the ring with me anywhere in a combination boxing-wrestling match.

For players to perform near their best every week is commendable.

We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even compare people... The things that you can do in basketball today that you couldn't even do then... you can carry the ball; you walk all over the place.

People are so surprised about how small I am compared to other players.

I've been a bit surprised, and encouraged, by the NBA's support for athletes that speak out. Compared to the NFL, it's night and day.

It's brilliant to be compared with such a player as Rio Ferdinand.

Everybody compares, but I have never felt as if I have been in Li Na's shadow. We both play for the same country. She is the best player in China.

I really don't look at comparing things that way because even in a 14-game season, there could be a running back who could have a lot more carries than other running backs.

Compassion and empathy are anathema to sports.

It's always fun to compete against the best.

I'm fit, but I need to get even more fit to compete with these guys every week.

You want to play against the best - at least I do. I want to go out there and compete against the best players.

If I can compete five, six times a year that would be perfect.

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.

It's cool because here everybody has the same goal. We're all competing for our countries. We're all coming down here to do our best. And we all are the best athletes in our own countries.

I love competing against the best.