Quotes About Athletics

Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.

I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else.

Teams are going to try to hit me because they think I can't take a hit. I think I've proven over my career that I can.

I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.

A lot of people talk about the Fab Five, and they were wonderful, one of the best teams you'll ever see in college basketball. But the '89 team is the best one to ever play at Michigan in my opinion because they won the national championship. Winning a championship is winning a championship.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

Every year you suit up, you play for a championship. Some years, some teams... it was very few times I think I played on that realistically had a chance.

When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs.

One of London's massive strengths is its sporting prowess, its great football teams.

I was recruited by every school in the country for football and basketball. And an incident happened in high school, and all that was taken away. No other teams, no other schools were recruiting me anymore.

Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.

I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.

The goal is to win a championship. Every team enters the season with the goal to win the championship, but realistically, there are five or six teams with a realistic shot at winning a championship.

Ultimately, I ended up playing for three NFL teams. That's something I'm proud of, just to get to that level.

In high school, I made the all-city and all-state soccer teams.

I grew up watching the Lakers and the Dodgers and the Rams, all local men's professional teams, and never really had any women that I grew up watching.

The NFL wants to see teams put up points.

I think the thing that makes Indiana basketball special is that they have incredible teams, both college teams and pro teams, and they're all about grit.

I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president.

I feel like the Philadelphia sports teams are really good at having my back.

To me, it doesn't matter who's out there: NBA basketball is great - if teams are putting out their best players and they're competing to win.

Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world.

It's really impressive when you've got two teams that are really battling it out, low-scoring game, a pitcher's duel. To me, that's so fun to watch.

All teams need good shooters. You can never have enough shooting.