Quotes About Athletics

I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.

I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.

Golf isn't a sport, it's a game. I'm not saying it's not a difficult game, with lots of mental stuff. But it's not a sport like mine. Where is the combat, the intensity of what we do?

I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.

If Lance is clean, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sports. If he isn't, it would be the greatest fraud.

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at.

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

I don't believe for a second that weightlifting is a sport. They pick up a heavy thing and put it down again. To me, that's indecision.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.

I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball well and my confidence is high.

I'm not into sports. I mean...I like Gatorade, but that's as far as it goes.

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.

I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.

Steroids are used in all sports.

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

I could have played football for two or three more years. All I needed was a leg transplant.

Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple.

Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.