Quotes About Athletics

Penalties are part of the game.

My goal is to defend our goal, save shots and not concede goals. But one thing that could happen is to score a goal from my penalty box to the other box directly.

I've always stuck my arms behind my back anyway when trying to block a shot in the penalty area.

College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

If I had maintained my athletic fantasy, I probably would have ended up as a fat football coach somewhere in central Pennsylvania. I'm really glad I'm starring in a Broadway musical instead.

I've always been a great fan of the state of Pennsylvania. One of the people - one of the people that I admired the most in college athletics was Joe Paterno.

I came from a poor Pennsylvania coal mining family and the only way I was going to get an education was through an athletic scholarship.

There are a lot of great players out there, but this guy - to be able to coach a guy like Jabrill Peppers is a real joy... There's nothing he can't do. It's the darndest thing I've ever seen.

You cannot always play at 100 per cent, especially at the end of the season when you don't have much energy left.

I think rugby is 80 per cent mental.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

In this league, it's all about being close to 100 percent on game day.

I would not be in the NFL, 100 percent, if it wasn't for basketball. I probably wouldn't be where I am without golf and baseball. Golf, for the mental side of the game, being able to focus on the now and take one shot at a time.

Field-goal percentage is very important.

I shoot my highest percentage from the right corner, and it's also the shortest shot.

With that corner 3, it's the highest percentage shot in the game.

Books changed my perception about the sacrifices we make as athletes.

I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change perceptions about people with intellectual disabilities.

When I eat better, I perform better.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

Drugs won't enhance your performance.

Professional wresting is like performance art. It truly is. You're taking the crowd on a ride, on an emotional roller coaster.

Blake Griffin has shown he can be an All-NBA performer.

I'm an artist, a performer... There's an art to what we do to the wrestling... I don't want to really fight anybody.