Quotes About Athletics

When I'm on the track, I like hearing the fans cheer me on.

I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.

I was in relays for track where you just bonded with all these different kinds of personalities who were coming together for this one common goal of beating a rival team.

I feel like I was born to ride the track.

I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.

I don't know much about the history of track and field, but I know Gail Devers.

Track and field is tougher physically, but golf is tougher mentally.

That's what has always been good about track. The goal is very clearly defined: Try to win. Get the gold medal. And I'm able to put my energy toward that.

I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.

I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.

I really sort of kept to myself. I kind of just watched the world. And I think to keep people from messing with me, yeah, you know, I went out to run track. I went out for the football team. Not because I love track or love football.

I took to the luge when I was very young, but I never imagined that it would become my passion. At 14, I was already competing on artificial tracks.

Pop flies, in a sense, are just a diversion for a second baseman. Grounders are his stock trade.

I play baseball. I don't deal with trades, free agency, any of that stuff.

When four or more men get together, they talk about sports.

Going against Jim Brown wasn't any different than going against Jim Taylor and any of the other guys. He's just an obstacle that we have to overcome. We just couldn't put anything together.

I abused my body so much throughout my career that I am literally held together by glue. The stuff I took thickens the bones and reinforces the tendons.

Femininity and sport can go together.

Being on tour sends me crazy, I drink too much and out comes the John Mcenroe in me.

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.

Last year, Eddie hadn't been strong enough to make the team. This year, he was stronger and bigger, a lot bigger, like he could be a model for a bodybuilding magazine. It was almost certain he would make the team this year.

I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it.