Quotes About Athletics

I've been playing team sports since I could walk... so anything sports-related story is always fun for me.

The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading.

That's why I play basketball. To play a lot of minutes, and to help my team win.

All I can do is play as hard as I can play, make as many plays as I can make and try to help my team win football games.

Everybody wants to be on the field and show what they're capable of and help their football team win games.

Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.

To be able to pitch in the postseason is great, and to be able to go out there and throw the ball well and help your team win is a great feeling.

I feel my overall skill set, my ability to make players around me better, and my ability to help my team win is unique.

I know who I am as a player, I just want to help a team win.

Defense is so important for helping your team win games and for the game in general.

You want to go out there and compete and go deep in ball games to help the team win.

I'm naturally competitive, and I always want to win and always want to help our team win. So I always want to be on the field.

I love scoring for the fans, for the team, for myself. That's not to say that I won't pass if I see a teammate in a better scoring position. But I like to score.

I ensure I am focused throughout the game, whether that is making a chance for myself or receiving the ball from a teammate to score.

You just go out there and try to compete and try to make a play for your teammates.

I think playing multiple sports is by far the best way to go. You're talking about different teammates, different skill sets, different mentalities.

I think stolen bases are always a byproduct of doing other things well. Getting on base - you've got to get on base a lot, obviously. And you've got to be in the right position and your teammates have got to help you out a little bit sometimes.

I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.

In pick-and-roll situations, I feel like the NBA is all pick-and-rolls, so I want to be able to handle the ball in pick-and-rolls and make the right read, make the right passes, and make plays for my teammates.

My teammates and my coaches have all allowed me to step into my individuality and not be defined by just being a gymnast.

I just like to have fun on the field and make plays and have fun with my teammates.

Every time I step out on that field, I'm 100 percent. My teammates know that. They know what I'm out there dealing with. I know what I'm out there dealing with. But when it comes to my mindset, I'm 100 percent.

Any one of my shoes that I had, you knew that, night in, night out, I gave my teammates and my fans everything that I had.

I was giving some of my teammates a hard time, saying I've got more pop than they do.