Quotes About Athletics

The main reason I quit was my lower back. I've had problems for a few years. It was affecting my movement and power. I had to have various injections and procedures.

I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.

Chris Gayle is an incredible player. A big guy, with phenomenal power and a very big bat. It's quite the combo.

I play quite a bit of tennis on the side.

I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.

I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.

I travel quite a bit for both bobsled and leisure.

I am a football player. I like to win. And I am used to winning - quite a lot.

I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player - one of the trickiest centres I've played against.

I played number 6 in rugby league so I had the ball quite a lot. I tried to make the plays, so you are in the action.

There's nobody more dominant in a female fighting athlete than Ronda Rousey. I'm not going to compare her to men, although quite frankly, I'm sure she'd do very well against at least half the division that she's in, which is the bantamweight.

When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: 'What is he going to do?'

I like to race. I like to compete.

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors.

In track and field, Nike is all-powerful. They control the top coaches, athletes, races, even the governing body.

Nothing has done more to bring people of different races and different backgrounds together than athletics, certainly more than politicians have done. It's why the Greeks invented the Olympics.

In Formula 1, you need a great level of endurance because the races are long, so you need a pretty good base endurance.

I've no desire to do one of those 50-mile races like the Comrades or anything like that.

I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

In my younger days, I loved to run. Although it may be hard for you to believe it, I did. And I did win a few races.

There is always the excitement of running races.

Prestigious events like the Main Event at the WSOP are marathon races. Fatigue is sure to set in.

It is funny, I have the ability to win a stage in the Tour de France and I do win races that are the same category, WorldTour.