Quotes About Athletics

I think I have all tools in the world to beat anybody at 125 pounds. I really do.

What's the deal with Johnny Damon? He can't hit. He can't catch. He can't throw. He's sort of the five-tool guy... without any of the tools!

I was a guy that had a lot of tools and could do a lot of other things, but my main thing was controlling the defensive end of the court.

When a sport comes down to physical power, then it definitely needs to be split between men and women, but motor racing is a little bit like horse riding where we fight with the same tools. I believe that motor racing is a sport where women can take on men.

Absolutely, I believe that I have the tools, the presence, and all the make-up to be the No. 1 pick.

A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do.

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.

You can be on top of the world one day and the next day you can go 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.

It takes a lot of discipline to become and stay champion. It also takes a lot of discipline to stop while still feeling that you're in the best physical and mental shape of your life, but I've always planned to leave the sport when I'm at the top and in good health.

In combat sports, you should retire on top. That is very hard to do. I'm glad I had the discipline to do it.

I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.

Napoli are one of Europe's top teams.

You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.

Hopefully, I can play college tennis for a top program.

It's not like I'm fighting bums out here, I'm fighting the best competition out there, and I'd been a perennial top five guy in the UFC before I left.

When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.

I am the top guy in the super middleweight division.

I don't feel like anybody can be in top-notch football shape when you first get out there, and that's what training camp is for, and that's why it's a long process.

I always wore natural high tops.

People would measure you by your shape, you used to find a lot of male athletes peeling off their tops - just to say, 'Have some of this.' I guess my abs were a sign to people. 'Watch out, she's in shape.'

The WWE is the NFL or the Premier League - it is the top of the tops.

I've actually carried the Olympic torch through Stoke-on-Trent.

I was a torch carrier in the 2012 Paralympics and every time I thought 'I can't do this' I would look at the blade runners and the athletes and wheelchairs think, okay, I can run.

Over the years, I've had two ankle operations, torn my hamstring, had my hip resurfaced, and snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee.