Quotes About Athletics

Hills are terrific for running.

The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.

I started out doing triathlons because they terrified me! I'm a good swimmer, I learned to ride a bike in college, and I hate running. It seemed like something I could never do, so I decided, 'I'm gonna do it.'

There is nothing more terrifying than lying in the ring and feeling that your hand has gone numb.

My arms are probably the same size as John Terry's legs.

Two English defenders were among the finest I played against: John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.

If you're playing Test cricket you could bowl 20 overs in a day. I could play about five T20s in that space.

Pennant races drain the energy from the best of them. Old-fashioned baseball races are to me the most grueling daily test in any sport. Gotta keep coming out, every day, in the face of looming disaster.

USADA tested me, and I came back positive for hard work and beast-like characteristics.

With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?

I was never tested in my first 21 fights.

In the '80s, there was this talk about a thrower whose urine was sent for testing after a meet and it tested positive for pregnancy! Apparently, his urine was replaced with that of a female nurse at the clinic. I don't know if the story was true, but in those primitive days of dope testing India, you could not have laughed it off.

At the 1985 Asian Track and Field meet in Jakarta, where I won five golds and a bronze, I was taken for testing after every race, which reduced my recovery time considerably; otherwise I could have performed even better.

The testosterone levels of a normal male can be anywhere from 300-1,000 nanograms. For the average female, it's 10-70. Mine is around 7.

In professional wrestling, I'm sure in combat sports, there's always gonna be testosterone.

You should train more for speed. You have the reflexes of an old lady.

If I had the medical clearance to fight, I would want to fight the best. The best would be Mayweather.

Cricket is baseball on valium.

What got you into rowing?" Declan covered

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I'm going to win the girls' race this week.

I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.

Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.