Quotes About Athletics

There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.

There's a high pop-up behind second. Richardson has got it and he's under it.

There's a shot up the alley. Oh, it's just foul.

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.

I do appreciate a woman who has a passion for sports and knows their stuff.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

I've been involved with sports my whole life, which made clothes and makeup and handbags not that important as a kid. I just didn't care.

I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify those events. It's been a bit of a learning curve, which is good.

This is some next-level Lance Armstrong bionic shit going on.

My fitness is good. I hope to improve it even further during training.

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.

I had only played five games in my senior year in high school. I was not large enough. Hell, when I graduated, I was about five foot four and weighed 120 pounds. I didn't go with the Dodgers until spring training of 1940 and I weighed all of 155 pounds soaking wet.

I didn't like the way a wet cotton T-shirt felt under my equipment. There had to be something better.

I actually think the last time I stood with a race medal around my neck was after an eighth grade cross-country meet. I was gawky and 65 pounds soaking wet, and running 10 miles a day was no big deal.

I feel like my hand will be a little too high on the football sometimes and that will make the ball go out of whack sometimes.

Technically I don't play sports because I have two left feet and I cannot coordinate and my motor skills are a bit 'out of whack.'

Someone who sees you on a certain night, maybe they've seen you on a bad night. I've seen Tom Brady throw interceptions. Is it time to retire, or is it a bad game? What if all week in practice he looked phenomenal?

My mother always made me do ball-handling and all that because she was like, 'What if you stop growing?'

I love the sport. I don't have to work. It's a kind of work we're doing, but if you can do what you love every day, that means something.

I can't eat whatever I want, definitely not. I'm always controlled because I do a lot of fitness and triathlons, not just Formula One, so I always make sure I eat the right things.

Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.

Obviously, different people identify me as the face of women's hockey and whatnot, but like my teammates, I'm just there to perform and compete.