Quotes About Athletics

I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.

I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep.

Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.

Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.

How great a life is this? To get to knock guys' heads off for 60 minutes and not get thrown in jail?

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor.

Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three World Cups but I could not play in Olympic Games.

Fencing is in the body, but it's also in the mind.

Whoever wrote it, "Wonder Women of History" was entirely consistent with Marston's hope, in creating Wonder Woman, "to combat the idea that women are inferior to men, and to inspire girls to self-confidence and achievement in athletics, occupations and professions monopolized by men.

the looniness of the long distance runner - pounding along country lanes, so anxious to lop off seconds he never stops to marvel at a field of buttercups or a flock of geese against the sky.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field

Doubleday's First Law, which states that if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park with a stick.

What about football? Is it a sport or a concussion?

Soccer is a game in which everyone does a lot of running around. Twenty-one guys stand around and one guy does a tap dance with the ball.

Sandy's fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.

I have zero interest in sports of any kind - professional, college or international.

Wilma was amazed that she, a sixteen-year-old high school girl, had a chance to be a part of the Olympics

The Wilma Rudolph Foundation is still in existence and works with thousands of young people every year.

At the highest speed I can sustain on the hills, about 14 minutes for a mile, I do not even try to think of anything else.

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.

Scottie's game changed with where he was at physically. He wasn't the same player at 21 as he was at 30. Both he and Michael aged gracefully in this league and that's the beauty of being a professional player. You continue to grow and continue to change your game, but you do it to be just as effective.

My mum and dad are both sportspeople and know what's it all about. They know it's hard work, but they also know what it takes to become a professional athlete. I don't think - without their help, I wouldn't have got this far.