Quotes About Athletics

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

That first game of the fifth set goes deuce and several times.

Nothing like a 200 pound snatch if you know what I mean.

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Mark's shots fell through the metallic hoop, "but how many of them have that kind of accuracy?

Mike took the stairs two at a time. He felt a small pang in his knee, an old injury from his hockey days. He'd had it operated on a few months ago by his friend, an orthopedic surgeon named David Gold. He told David that he didn't want to give up hockey and asked him if playing had caused the long-term damage. David gave him a prescription for Percocet and replied: "I don't get a lot of ex-chess players here—you tell me." He

You think, what, this country is a meritocracy? That we all start in the same place, all have the same chances? That's crap. I played college football. I was a running back. Was pretty good too. One day I realize that every guy who is trying to tackle me is on steroids. And every guy who is trying to take my position? Steroids. So I have a choice. I can take steroids too. Or I can stop competing." "Chick?

Sports were supposed to be a reflection of life, a life lesson, a test of endurance and strength, a great preparation for the real world.

The aesthetic and the agonistic are one, according to the ancient Greeks.

I'm going to swim 0.93 miles, ride a bike 24.8 miles, then run a final 6.2 miles. And what's all that supposed to prove? How is this any different from pouring water in an old pan with a tiny hole in the bottom?

It depends. Are you going to be a high school basketball star?" "Probly," I said, scratching at a scab. "I'm pretty good already.

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

In all kinds of sports, you have to get the confidence going within before you can start proving people wrong or right.

There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.

When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.

I really don't have to disprove anything - I'm in the NFL, so whoever is thinking of me as a track guy is worried about the wrong thing.

It's lucky I haven't been in a bad tackle. I could be prepared, but if my body gets wrenched in the wrong way, I can't help that.

Being a minority athlete in this sport, it's been wrought with challenges, but I wouldn't consider myself a trail blazer.

I think WWE is a great.

Everyone that watches wrestling as a kid dreams of being a wrestler for WWE.

After match, in WWE, I do not drink alcohol. I just drink a lot of water.

I'm already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.

I love WWE, and I love that platform. There is no other platform in the world that gives me that instant gratification. There is just no other platform.

My life is with WWE.