Quotes About Athletics

Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.

Once you kind of get into that rhythm where you grab a lot of rebounds every game, it kind of gets easier.

I swam for the county when I was 12. You wouldn't think it to look at me now, but I'm as graceful as a seal.

I played football first. I love football. I'm a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in the offseason, I started playing basketball, and I just fell in love with the game. I've been playing basketball ever since 5th grade.

I've played this game since I was in second grade, and there's nothing more important to me than playing football.

I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.

I didn't do any football stuff when I was a kid... Mostly baseball and basketball the whole time. That's all I did. I played football starting in seventh grade. As I got older, I started playing a little bit more. Then in high school, I really fell in love with it.

Since I've been in fourth grade, all I've known was basketball.

I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes.

You have people who are out there age 30-plus still competing on the grand stage. If I keep in shape, keep to a certain speed and turn it up when I need to, I think I will be able to get out there and run what I need to run.

I come from a wrestling background - my father and grandfather were into wrestling.

My grandfather was the champion of the world in boxing in 1921 in the bantamweight and flyweight divisions, and I've just been involved in the fighting world my entire life.

My grandmother has always been my biggest fan, and she was my whole life. The only thing that kept me living after her death is my commitment to training. I took my pain out on the track.

I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.

I don't really like to run on grass.

I think I can play really well on grass when my serve is going well, when I really play aggressive, when I believe in it, then I think I can play well.

U.S. and Russia - both coach their athletes from the grassroots level on and provide scientific training.

I've loved boxing due to the history of boxing. It was one of the great American pastimes.

I like being part of the Great Britain setup. I like feeling I'm at a race that is important and the pressure that goes with it.

I will hold my head high in Rio and do my best for Great Britain.

The night I got drafted to the A's, obviously it was a great day of my life, but I've been a football player my whole life.

I gave this sport a great deal. From the training to the competition to the more training.

Everybody wants to score. It's a great feeling. But making saves is a great feeling as well.

Playing in the Olympics was a great feeling.