Quotes About Athletics

I trained as hard as I could, I ran as much as I could, I sparred hard, I did everything right. I did everything I could possibly do at the age when I could fight. You have to be realistic; you can't say, 'Oh, I am smarter now, older and I can punch harder.' You think you can, but you can't.

People say I wasn't a real athlete, but I trained hard. It's possible to take something seriously and still have fun at it, you know.

I have trained with expert sprinters many times and they all agree running with the ball and running without the ball requires two completely different techniques.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

I trained in kick-boxing and Muay Thai.

I really feel that if it wasn't for the accident, I'd still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained.

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.

I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught.

I trained with a few Olympic runners and jumpers. Just to try to get a little bit faster, a little bit better. Anything I could do to try to get a little bit better and stay ahead of the competition.

In Argentina, I trained in the mornings, and I played a lot of golf.

I've trained hundreds of hundreds of rounds of sparring at American Top Team.

Every time I'm in training mode, I've had to monitor what I'm eating. I'll break 210 and be around 215 pounds. I know what it takes to compete with the best guys at 205. I've trained with them.

Sometimes, when I am not playing in a game, it leaves me feeling very tired when I play in the next one. It is like I haven't trained for a month.

When I grappled, I never even trained for a grappling match.

When I was at Inter, Ronaldo was the player who trained less than anyone else, because he was the best footballer in the world and it is indeed true that we went back home at 5-6 AM.

My trainer is very helpful in keeping me fit.

I'm a trainer. That's my passion. It ain't basketball. My boys, their passion is balling.

Of course, on the road with me, I've got my coach, my own private physiotherapist. Back home, I have another coach who coaches me and also does all my racquets. I have a fitness trainer. I have a mental coach. It's a pretty big team.

I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer.

My father is a trainer. From childhood, I would watch him train and kick and punch.

I worked in a gym. I was a trainer. I did all the crappy ex-football-player jobs.

I really don't use a personal trainer.

Yeah, I've always been very straightforward when you start dealing with injuries. You always have to communicate with the trainers and the manager and the pitching coach exactly where you're at.