Quotes About Athletics

The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.

As a shooter, the one thing you want to be is consistent.

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

The one thing disappointing I had coming out of college was not playing in the Rose Bowl.

MMA is all about putting on a show and entertaining the fans, and that's the one thing I've known from the get-go.

A college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world.

I really want to pop the crowd. I want to show off. That is the one thing that I've always loved about my career is I just want to show off. I always hated the storylines.

I've always had a fascination with gymnastics, since I was a kid. It was the one thing at the Olympics that I would be like, 'Mom can I stay up late to watch gymnastics?'

I was a scorer in college. That was the one thing that I loved to do, I loved to score the basketball.

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

I don't need to practise. The only thing I need to do is build up my match fitness.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

I have my meals delivered... you know what I like? Chicken and rice... But the problem with being a defensive lineman is, if we get out of hand with our eating, we balloon up to, like, 300-some pounds. So I really got to watch what I eat.

The problem with just wanting to punt it deep and out of bounds every time is that most punters can't do that. Most guys shank and pull their kicks when they try that, so you have to get a guy who punts the ball high and gets hang time.

The nice thing about baseball is that all of the possible outcomes are known - it's not quite as messy as the real world. That makes the game an excellent playground for probability.

For some reason as a kid being a smart athlete didn't seem like the right thing, because you didn't fit in. You didn't want to be too smart because you'd be a nerd. But then you didn't want to be too dumb either because then you didn't get the grades you needed to play.

I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.

my favorite urban flower, the baseball box score

College baseball, I love it. I love to work with the younger kids who are trying to live out their dreams, if in fact that's what they plan on doing after college to take the next step.

Great athletes can at once play the game and observe it as a whole.

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less carbs and have some eggs and fruit for breakfast, then a light lunch about 90 minutes before I play, so I don't feel sluggish or full.

FACT The Native Americans invented the game lacrosse.

The professional hockey player starts out a little bit better than his peers.