Quotes About Athletics

Ring Of Honor has always been about young, hungry talent, and going out there and leaving it all in the ring.

Chad Mendes, I'm hunting with all the time.

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

With all my fights, my style is to pretty much put a beating on. I don't exactly like hurting people, but unfortunately that's what we need to do in this game to win.

Competing is different than violence. Sport is love. It's passion. There's no passion in hurting people.

I didn't care if I was aching or hurting. I wanted to give the fans their money's worth.

I am used to the hype because I played in the NBA.

I had to learn to jog because I run like a fish. All my friends found the thought of me running on screen hysterical because I do absolutely no exercise.

My parents, they don't say to me you have to play hockey. They just see me and how I love what's going on on the ice, how I love this atmosphere.

Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.

I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.

People don't know how fantastic women's ice hockey is. People don't know how fantastic hockey is in general.

I don't know if there's any sport that's stupid, but I really don't understand curling. I guess I'm just not into brooms on ice.

An ice bath for me is always going to work.

Winning the Diamond League with a personal record, it's like icing on the cake.

I've always had bigger legs and butt; it's just the way I'm built. Over time, I realized that they were blessings because that foundation - my legs and butt - is what helps me flip 12 feet above an icy halfpipe.

Everyone can throw a football, but if you can't ID fronts, if you can't see pressure, you're not going to last long.

If you were in the UFC as a heavyweight, you'd be an idiot to not want to fight Brock Lesnar. Whether he's a good fight for you, that doesn't matter.

My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!

I love to cook like a mad man. If I could do it all over again? I would be a NBA basketball player.

If I could compete at home, and never leave Rochester, I'd be in perfect condition.

If I could go the ballpark and play the game for three hours and then go home? It would be awesome. But that's not the case.

We'll never know if I could have made it to the NFL. Do I think so? Yeah.

I love football, and if I could, I would play every day, even if it is my job.