Quotes About Athletics

me convencí de que no quería un futuro de deportista de élite, lejos de casa siempre, con esos hombros de culturista que se les ponen a las lanzadoras de peso y con una vida profesional muy corta.

I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.

The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.

American football was thick in the air; war on the gridiron they called it. Well, at least those who had never been in the real thing called it that.

He doesn't need to be fixed," Lockie said. "You can't look at it that way. It's a process of discovery, of letting Kyffhäuser develop into the athlete he wants to be and can be. It's nothing that can be rushed. He got to this point because he was pushed every step of the way. That training has to be undone for him before he can make progress.

Mankind's yearning to engage in sports is older than recorded history, dating back to the time millions of years ago, when the first primitive man picked up a crude club and a round rock, tossed the rock into the air, and whomped the club into the sloping forehead of the first primitive umpire.

I do what I've trained my whole life to do. I watch the ball. I keep my eye on the ball. I never stop watching. I watch it as it sails past me and lands in the catcher's mitt, a perfect and glorious strike three.

I like physically-demanding reality shows, not dance and music shows.

People keep asking me if I feel pressure. But I don't feel pressure. I realize there's a lot on my plate, a lot of expectations for me to come in and win and do certain things. But I'm just playing the way I always have.

As I grew older and the dance became more competitive and more disciplined, that's when I started to realize that I'm an athlete.

At one point that's all I cared about, being a pro athlete. But I realized I wasn't athletic enough.

I guess I have a reasonable physique for the sport I do.

This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.

Getting the rebound and going, that's probably the most fluid part of my game.

That's why big guys exist. It's our job to protect the paint. It's our job to rebound. And it's our job to get the easy points.

Sometimes, it's the little plays that I make that can change the outcome of the game - whether it's blocking a shot or blitzing a guard or getting an offensive rebound.

I just see the ball and I go for it. It's wanting to make a winning play for the team and get a rebound.

I'm never going to be a point guard, but you always have guards that get the rebound and take it coast-to-coast.

There's nothing like doing in-game stuff that you can't get from drills. You're guarding somebody, you're reacting, you're getting a rebound and trying to go straight back up with it.

I don't really pay attention to the guy I outwork for the rebound, it's really just hearing the crowd just be like, 'Ohhhhh.' They just get frustrated. That's a good feeling.

Since I've gotten stronger, I can hold a guy off and get a rebound.

I'm a willing passer. And I rebound.

Everybody knows I'm not on the floor because I'm great scorer or free throw shooter. It's because I'm out there to defend and rebound.

I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. I also eat about 200 calories right after to help rebuild my muscles.