Quotes About Athletics

I'm sure there are players a lot quicker than me.

When people compare me to Kylian Mbappe, I am not quicker than him.

I have spent much of my youth on artificial pitches. The body can feel a little heavier, but the ball is there quicker and cleaner.

Besides shooting, I think I need to work on everything. I need to get stronger, quicker, work on my ballhandling, and develop a go-to move.

There's a lot of things I can get better at as far as my footwork, being quicker, getting in and out of the hole, getting north and south.

For my tennis, I think it's better balls are flying because I like to play quicker, finish the point little bit quicker than other guys.

The bigger size of the weight class, guys are going to get tired a little bit quicker. They get tired to where they can't even keep their hands up in the fourth and fifth round.

When I'm on the field, if something doesn't go exactly as it's planned, I'm going to say something before a coach is going to say something. I'm going to get to it quicker and try to get it corrected.

We're going to work hard on my body, put on some muscles. That's going to help me a lot to run faster, to move quicker, to jump higher.

Guys are a little quicker on their feet at '45. As far as wrestling goes, the guys at 155 or 170 are harder to take down.

I've got a big serve, a hard serve, and quicker points as opposed to longer points.

I love playing hockey and I want to be out there as quickly as possible.

In Sevens, fitness is crucial, and it's going to come down to how quickly my body gets in shape.

That's probably the biggest difference from a hamstring to different injuries. You can play through pain with other injuries. But as I found out quickly with a hamstring, if you're feeling any pain, eventually, it's not going to work.

Quickness and momentum. You take the whole last generation of sports, listening to them, even reading about them, watching the games, analyzing them, arguing about them, instant-replaying them, second-guessing them, and all you'll distill from them is quickness and momentum.

Basketball's all about speed and quickness.

Off the field, all my training is speed and quickness. The agility work, the cones, training with my track coach and keeping my speed.

It was always a point in the offseasons of developing quickness and then also being able to maintain it based on all the different cuts that you do.

I think quickness is a piece of football that isn't talked about enough.

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural.

I expect to beat everybody I play. It's kind of that quiet confidence that I have inside that I try to present to the opponent without getting too overboard. Because there are times when I seem composed, but inside I'm losing my mind.

I'm trying to focus on the 100 and 200 breaststroke now. There's no point concentrating on the 50 when it's not in the Olympics. I'm not going to quit the 50 but it's not my priority any more. I'll do it but as part of my bid for gold at the other distances.

You must prepare to quit, and they should start doing that from day one because the average life of a pro-football player is only three and a half years. It's not five. It's not seven. It's not 10.

I played every sport in high school for one year. If I couldn't be great at it, I quit. I would rather not do it than be average.