Quotes About Athletics

Everyone needs to support AFI. Since they are doing an excellent job, we need to reach greater heights.

I've been blessed with a good body that has held up over the years and I love the game.

I think I would have held my own in the NFL.

I put my old player helmet on sometimes.

When I let my hair down, I just let it down. It's more comfortable in my helmet.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

I felt that I did have the crowd behind me. That obviously helps a lot.

Running is something that I have been doing from a long time, and hence, it is very important to me.

Martin Keown was really competitive but Thierry Henry was similar, he wanted to win every game.

I am leaps and bounds better than Henry Cejudo. I greatly believe that. But unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to prove it.

Cris is fighter that I look up to, my style if very similar to hers. I like to go there, walk straight forward and beat someone, so it was great to hear people comparing me to Cyborg.

I used to say, 'Hey, man, what kind of a stupid question is that?' to a newspaperman asking me heavy things right after a race when I'm still in an emotional state. Now I at least try to answer.

When he asked if I would like to try second base, I thought, Hey, get me in the lineup.

Hey, I was competitive as hell if you had put me up against anybody in 2002 or 2003. I had a lot of dog in me.

One hidden talent is that I used to play badminton for India.

I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.

If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.

I'm lanky and I've always been lanky, but I was a really good athlete. Everything I've ever done in sports, I've done at a high level. I had a passion for what I was doing, and I had to be the best at everything.

People don't last long in this game. I feel blessed that I've been able to stick around and play at a high level for my entire career, which is another hard thing to do. That's the only way you stick around - if you're out there and you're able to produce and make plays.

I think I have a high boxing IQ and I do this at a really high level.

If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.

I've always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I've been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing.

Without sounding too full of myself, with wrestling I felt like I was one of the best in the world and I competed at a very high level for a long time.