Quotes About Athletics

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

I love the training, love the competition, and I still feel like I'm progressing and getting better as a fighter.

Nothing can replace the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I was so proud when I played in '98 and I was so proud when we won in 2002.

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a struggle any more.

I love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skilful to play it! Freedom! Football is freedom.

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

I love hockey, and I don't love it for any other reason than when I get out there and play, I enjoy it.

You probably don't want to put me in any situation where I'm expected to know something about the sportball.

Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas.

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.

As a player that has played this game, I know, at the end of the day I've had numerous amount of surgeries, and the doctors released me at numerous amount of times to go and play. But a lot of those times didn't mean go and play against the best in the world right now, but to get yourself ready to compete again.

During the peak of my career, I used to pick the ball as soon it was released from the bowler's hands. And I hit the ball through the line.

I merely dared to say Tebow could be a successful starting quarterback in the National Football League - not a Pro Bowler, mind you, just a guy who could win games his way. Which prompted relentless attacks from anti-Tebow analysts and journalists.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

All of his saves have come in relief appearances.

I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.

I had a lot of anger because I didn't like who I was when I was off the field. I used to relish the chance to try and hurt somebody in a legal way, and in the game of rugby you were able to do that.