Quotes About Athletes

Guys taking damage need to be compensated for the shortness of their career.

I was a huge Brett Favre fan, because how could you not like him as a kid playing football? Then getting a chance to play against him was pretty damn cool.

There is a battle between me and Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. We always do our best.

I have respect for everybody. Dan Henderson is a legend for the sport. GSP, I have good respect for you, too.

Dan Gronkowski and Chris Gronkowski played with me at Maryland, two of my closest friends.

HIL boasts of a high-class list of players and coaches like Ric Charlesworth, Barry Dancer, etc.

Lots of ballplayers have their own personal music blasted by the sound systems in modern ball parks.

This is a game that at the end of the day, it's sports entertainment. We have to perform to keep fans in the seats, and what they pay helps put food on our tables.

Pilates has been around a long time but maybe was taboo in this sport. I think it's only a matter of time before you see a reformer in every big league clubhouse.

I feel like I'm an inside guy, I feel like I'm a three-tech or nose tackle.

LaRon Landry, a safety, is in incredible physical condition - really impressive. Also Anthony Castonzo, the left tackle - I'm very impressed with him. He really sets a great example for how to stay in shape - not only during the off-season but throughout the season, which can be a struggle because of the rhythm of the way things work.

I don't know how many times you see 10s tackle each other.

The Young Bucks are super involved with tag team wrestling in our company.

The good thing I have to say about Sonya and I, even as a tag team we do get some opportunities for singles matches.

Ray Sefo is a former K-1 guy that I've always respected. He knows how to take care of athletes.

Most athletes, we're the good ol' boys, part of the good-ol'-boy fraternity, and we take care of our brothers, and we cover up the bad habit and the bad play.

If I have one message to young swimmers about taking care of their bodies, it's definitely take care of your shoulders.

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.

Maybe UFC and Bellator should take care of the fighters when their careers are done, as the NFL takes care of their players. Because they're making so much money off us.

I would love to be able to compete against Raquel Gonzalez. She debuted on NXT TakeOver: Portland helping Dakota Kai defeat Tegan Nox and I would definitely like to stand toe-to-toe with her at an NXT TakeOver event.

Brazil has so many good free-kick takers.

I know all the guys in NXT have a lot of talent, and that's the reason why they are there. But in this sport, you can see guys with a lot of talent in the minor leagues, when they move into the major leagues, they become irrelevant.

I was on the national Pentathlon team for a few years, but there was no funding for athletes in Canada. I was in a massive amount of personal debt at the age of 21, so I joined a little modelling and talent agency to get a some work, to do anything so that I didn't have to drop out of school.

The middleweight division has plenty of talent.