Quotes About Athletics

I was born a football player and I love this game.

If all you had to be was a comedian to be a good football player. Bob Hope would be great. But you have to perform.

There aren't many football players other than kickers who are Latin.

I came from a long line of football players.

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

I feel like a fight is a season. When you're in the UFC, one fight is the equivalent of a whole football season, so when you lose a fight, the fans only remember you from your last fight, so it's very important to perform well, and to keep winning.

I thought I was going to be a footballer or a boxer or something like that - I was into sports.

My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

It was always a dream as a footballer to compete in the best leagues in the world and those leagues are here in Europe.

It was part of my dream when I was a kid to become a footballer, is to have that pressure, to be the man who is going to be there when everything is on the line.

There is a history of footballers in my family; my granddad played for Notts County and my dad played at county level.

We are footballers, not artists.

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

We all know that we Africans just win medals in middle and long distance, and walking in their footsteps makes me feel proud, you know.

Obviously, you look at footwork and things of that nature, but that's not just at my position. That's from everyone.

Froch is like a train who just comes forward but Groves will move about, fake and feign and his good footwork is a big part of his game.

And since my father started training me, he always explained to me how important footwork is and how strong your legs have to be.

To actually be able to live out my dream and be in the WWE, be in the cruiserweight division, have the opportunity bring it to the forefront and show the WWE universe what we're about, there's no better feeling in the world.

I've never been a great shooter. I'm not a regular foreigner player.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

But when you're cheating against your fellow athletes, that's something I can't forgive.

People forgot how much pride I bring to Israel while playing in the Chinese league.

Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.