Quotes About Athletics

It's one of those things: I would 100 percent pancake a guy and steal his soul over scoring a touchdown.

Julio Jones doesn't drop wide-open touchdown passes.

There's no thrill like throwing a touchdown pass.

I definitely like to throw a deep post or something over the top that gives a receiver time to run under it and score a touchdown.

In the first game I ever played in high school, I had a pick-six for a touchdown. That was a fun memory.

When you throw your fourth touchdown of a game in the NFL... it's hard to do.

There's hasn't been a day in my life since I was 9 years old that I haven't touched a basketball or done something connected with basketball.

I talk to people of different ages, and a guy who's 38 who says, 'I could've played Major League Baseball, but I had this knee injury...' Yeah, probably not. It's a big thing with men and sports, where they think they could have touched that thing.

Sports is a terrific metaphor that's hardly been touched on TV.

They'd better be physically tough when they start pulling on their football pants.

I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.

It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.

Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough.

I'm quite used to playing with few injuries, whether it is back, fingers, elbow, or something else. You have to be tough and get on with the game.

Once you put that muscle on, it's hard to go back down. Most guys, when they put that muscle on, they just stay big. To go back down while at the same time trying to maintain that punching power, it's very tough.

I knew Avila was going to be a tough, strong opponent. I cracked him a few times early, but he kept bouncing back every time. When I knocked him down, I could tell he wasn't hurt and was impressed by his toughness. He brought out the best in me.

I play very tough tennis, you know.

In college, the line is so close that you can kind of half-heartedly shoot the ball off-balance and fading away. To shoot an NBA three, because the arc of your shot has to be a little higher, you have to be squared up and get your legs into it more, which can be tough in the fourth quarter.

The best compliment you can give a hitter is he's a tough out; that initiates fear in a pitcher.

Choosing hockey to make a sports movie was a bit tough but I wanted to show people the hard work a hockey player puts in while going through his practice.

During a packed season, maintaining fitness becomes tough because you can't put too much effort into it. You're constantly monitoring workloads.

I always enjoy when CJ gets rolling because it's not just the fact that he's doing it for our team; it's the way it looks. Smooth. Crossovers. Crafty. Tough shots.

Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.