Quotes About Athletics

Nobody can walk on a track and beat me unless they have an extraordinary day and I have a bad day, which I keep from happening.

People talk about pressure in football, but I don't think pressure should always affect you in a bad way. I love games under pressure.

Women's badminton has become so competitive.

If not badminton, I would have played some other sport.

Anything that looks at sport in its entirety is my bag. It's not just about bringing back medals, it's about communities, people's lives, how sport can make a difference.

Even in high school, I was balanced. It's just that my run plays were dynamic.

I play for a living, but I also love to play. That's a healthy balance of emotion that, as a player, you have to keep balanced.

I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.

I wear Jordans when I'm in the ring, alright? This isn't ballet, you know?

I probably hit 35 balls into the right-field bleachers.

My goal is I want to create the 20-20-20 club: 20 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, 20 batted balls.

Most guys aren't getting a racquet or putting balls back in off my serve most of the time.

Playing at fullback it's part of your role to get up and take those high balls.

When you have strikers who move a lot, and they give you the chance to play balls for them, it is really good.

Football is an American sport. Everyone loves it. I certainly would never want to ban football.

The perfect weight for me is probably 230 to 235, so I can bang with those big fellas.

It's nice to be able to go against bigger guys and be able to bang.

The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.

Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.

I used to play second base, leftfield and centerfield.

That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.

I love second base.

I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.

I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.