Quotes About Athletics

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

I know nothing will compare to that feeling of scoring hundreds in a big game.

To know that you will be in the International Sports Hall of Fame and that people for hundreds of years will know who you are and what you did, it means everything.

I loved gymnastics. I was eager to compete. I was hungry to go out there and be the best in the world, and I had that determination.

He raced down the line and dove into first base just ahead of the tag.

It's funny—I've forgotten everything about my own football career, but I know the game itself. When I shoot footage of the action on the field, I get what the players

If humans were good at anything, he thought, it was sure as hell good old running.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized.

I was trying to break world records in cycling.

When you start lifting weights in the offseason in like November, you're like, 'Ah, I'm going to get this thing up so I can get to the World Series.'

Finishing overall champion at the World Series in both the individual and synchro events has given me great confidence and I'm pleased I've been diving with consistency.

March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it's the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.

I just want our government to make a world-class rehab centre in the country for sportspersons' recovery.

If I hadn't won at the Worlds and claimed so many ranking points, I would have been struggling for Rio. I'm in a good place now, though, and having the chance to fight for gold in Rio after everything I've been through would be a dream.

I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.

I wasn't even expecting to make the Worlds team.

I am on a fat-free diet for most of the year, but before 'the worlds,' I tend to relax on the diet a bit to concentrate on darts.

Worlds helped me me boost my confidence up a lot actually. It made me a bigger, better, stronger gymnast.

I want to set myself as a real legend in the sport, like Phelps and Mark Spitz are remembered worldwide. I want people to say, like they say of Ronaldo that he is the best soccer player in the world, I want them to say Chad Le Clos is the best swimmer in the world.

I'm known worldwide for my talent and my team, Chute Boxe.

Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international.

I like to wear the same kind of boots that I've worn in training going up to the game so that I've got a feel for the boots.

That Stash Kobe 1, that is probably my number 1 shoe I have ever worn on the court. To wear it against Kobe in his last game against the Suns it was real fun, and for him to say something to me about them it is crazy. He is signed them up for me and personalized it. It was pretty dope.