Quotes About Athletics

As a former college athlete, I know the importance of sports in the lives of women and girls, and I couldn't be more thrilled to join forces with NWSL and U.S. Soccer to ensure professional women athletes are elevated as the entire country can watch and be inspired by their strength and athleticism.

I have knocked at almost every door, from government offices to private companies, pleading for money and facilities to start my athletics school. It has been a tough mission. But I am thrilled that it is now a reality.

I am thrilled to be 31, still running and having my daughter watch me even if it is on TV.

The world of cheerleading is incredibly demanding, incredibly physical, and it has a lot of risk. The way people fly through the air is so thrilling to watch, but it takes hours and hours of practice and training.

I thrive in competition. It feels good to improve timings and create records.

People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.

Success breeds success and the more you are around a healthy and thriving athletics team, the more the people who only think they can make semi-finals will be inspired to want to aim for finals and go for medals.

I want to play the game hard. I want to ram it down your throat, put you into left field when I'm going into second base.

I've strained some muscles here and there, in my throat, even my jaw. Nothing that doesn't heal quickly.

Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it.

Throughout the course of the day, I'll have a GoMacro bar here and there, I'll have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I'll have another protein drink, I'll have at least two protein drinks on the golf course, at every six holes, and then after the round I'll have one.

Number one in high school, when I was sort of entrenched in the street life, if you will, the major thing that kept me plugged in the mainstream was athletics. I played basketball throughout high school. I also played football, but I played basketball throughout high school.

Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.

I know that God is intentional with everything that He brings to me and what He does for me. I'm not here just to be here. God made me intentionally! He created me on purpose, for a reason! To throw the shot put for sure. That's one of the things I am created to do.

Dude, I throw a stick. Come on. I get paid a pretty good salary to throw a stick.

There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass.

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

There is no way to have a strong arm if you don't throw enough.

I can throw out any man alive.

Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.

You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.

Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.

Javelin throw is a very technical event and a lot depends on the day's form.

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.