Quotes About Athletics

Sometimes, when I break my hands, I kind of go too far behind my body, and what that will do, wherever my right arm's going to go, my left arm's going to go.

My range is from wherever the coaches won't have a heart attack.

When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.

I cross somebody once a game. Now whether you make an elite shot or whatever determines if it's a highlight, but I cross someone once a game, James Harden crosses someone four or five times a game. When you're guarding guys, you have to understand it's going to happen.

The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

In T20, you don't have time to get distracted - it's so quick, you have to run around in the field, and while batting, you don't actually think about anything else.

U.K. Athletics needs to develop a financial independence so it no longer has to be subject to the whim of politicians. If you are reliant on government, there is a big problem.

I used to carbo load. But then I ran my first marathon, actually on a whim. All I could think of was that I needed protein. I remember going to the grocery store and buying one of those roasted chickens. I remember downing a bunch of that and, yes, I had some carbs, but that's what I felt I needed.

Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.

When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end.

The ball is just whipped off you in the Premier League. You have to maintain focus.

I check into the game and the ref cleans the whistle off, 'OK 98s coming in.' I'm one of those players that's physical and I use my fouls.

Once I step over that white line I become The Bowler.

People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it's not gonna be that way.

I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that.

At the end of the day, if I can prevent the shot from getting to the rim, it's going to help my team.

I work a lot in the gym on injury prevention.

I work hard in the offseason for that situation - for injury prevention.

At the start of every game, you are focussed on the game you are playing, so you don't look back at previous games.

I pride myself on defending and rebounding.

My game is hard work and pride. On the all hard-work team, I'd pick myself five times.

To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.

I take a lot of pride in my first '92 gold medal.

Defense is something I take a lot of pride in.