Quotes About Athletics

I didn't play organized football until I was in the seventh grade. Up until that point, I only played at recess and in the backyard.

Even at recess, in elementary school, it was just a known thing that I was one of the fastest in the school.

If you put me against most sprinters in the world, I reckon over a start I could get very close, if not take them.

During my childhood, I played just about every sport imaginable, which became less feasible at Juilliard... Although I remember our annual dodge-ball game as a highlight. The Juilliard 'Fighting Penguins' are a force to be reckoned with.

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

It would be great to be recognised for my achievements, but Sports Personality isn't about that.

I'd love to have my achievements recognised and for people to know enough about cycling to understand what my achievements mean.

The Olympic Games has been important to our family. My wife was always really into it, she was a gymnast growing up and the Olympics was a dream of hers even though the type of gymnastics she did was never recognised as a Games sport.

I have worked hard to earn recognition in the NBA, and being on the cover of 'NBA 2K19' is a dream come true.

I guess that's one of the things about playing quarterback. The quarterback gets most of the recognition.

I'm extremely well recognized in Korea just because of what I do on the ice, and there is a lack of that in Canada because hockey is our sport and it will be for eternity.

When I first got the call from my manager asking if I'd ever heard of Jesse Owens, I recognized the name, looked him up, and was blown away by his story.

I don't think it's a bad thing at all to get recognized for things that you've done on the field.

The farther I go East in the U.S. the more I get recognized because of more sports crazy the East Coast is.

That's the whole part of playing football and having training camp. Coming in and recognizing how players play.

I recommend multiple sports for sure. The memories I have bouncing around for each sport, having to juggle some in the same day, it's tough; it's difficult.

I don't recommend anybody becoming a fighter.

My dad was a plumber. That's hard work. He never missed a day of work. I will never disrespect him by not showing up for an athletic competition that has a maximum duration of 25 minutes. There should be forfeiture if you have to pull out of a fight. If you don't show up, it should be a loss on your record.

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

I don't think about records.

Chocolate milk has everything I need in a drink: the carbs, the protein, and the electrolytes. It's even backed by science, showing how you're able to recover. I can speak from experience, this is what I drink.

I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.

We are constantly under lots of pressure, so I take lots of time to recover and do all the things I need for my body to be in the perfect state to compete the next day.

I try to play my game; I try my best to recover the ball quickly: that's my job.