Quotes About Athletes

As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.

There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.

And very few people have great natural ability. Everyone else—and this is true of most players these days—is in the middle: On a given day, a guy is a world-beater, then the next day he's just not there.

I don't rank receivers myself, because I feel like I'm one of the top.

I really like Damian Lillard, I like Iman Shumpert's raps, Stephen Jackson, Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant. Those are my favorite ones. I like Lonzo Ball, don't know about him as a rapper yet, but I know he's cool.

Players who create advantages for their team at one end or the other are rare.

The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It's always run after the main games and rarely gets anything like the media coverage.

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

I rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.

There's a fire on 'SmackDown Live' that I don't think 'Raw' has.

I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well.

Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and Josh Gibson. You see what kind of talent we had, and guys in the majors knew it too.

I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.

Boxing is a dying sport, really. Years ago, the world heavyweight champion could be said to have reached the highest pinnacle of sport. Even in this country, boxers were heroes. Think of Henry Cooper and Frank Bruno.

Many of the most successful coaches and managers have come from players who never reached the highest level. The one exception seems to be basketball, where many of the greatest stars at least tried to coach a team.

Athletes like me, PT Usha, Anju Bobby Gerorge have reached finals in Olympics, and it's not easy to reach the finals. If Indians were genetically inferior then we wouldn't have reached even finals.

I see other athletes who reached a dead end in their careers for lack of good education.

I'm 28, your career is a long time. We're not tennis players or football players. I'm just about reaching what should be my peak year.

It just goes to show how much the women's game has improved over the years: there are some outstanding goalkeepers capable of fantastic reaction saves.

My best pitch is my fastball. It's probably the most difficult pitch to hit. In my case, batters have very little reaction time.

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

I remember - when I was little, I remember playing 'Tecmo Bowl,' and I would be so excited to be Bo Jackson in the game that I wanted to watch him play in real life.

I've always been a big fan of Thierry Henry. I enjoy watching all the great players, really. But we're always drawn to some players more than others, and in my case, it's Titi. He's my favourite player. I also really liked Luis Figo when he was at Real Madrid.

I like Sergio Ramos, who plays Real Madrid.