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Quotes About Athletics

I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I'm doing faster times I've ever done in training.
~ Adam Peaty
I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off.
~ Mirai Nagasu
Everyone who knows me knows how serious I take my training, they know how disciplined I am, they know how much I respect this sport and how much work I put into this sport.
~ Caleb Plant
It's not like I'm training every day by doing an avalanche suplex off the top turnbuckle.
~ Shayna Baszler
I didn't have any specific gym training, my parents weren't athletes and I wasn't born into the fitness industry.
~ Gemma Atkinson
I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
~ Daley Thompson
A gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics is what I'm looking for. I have to pace my training in such a way that I'm at my best in Rio, and when I'm in form, no opponent can come in my way.
~ Mary Kom
For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
~ Haile Gebrselassie
You know I played till I was 38 and that at a very, very high level. It's sad to be out but I keep myself fit with training in the gym every day.
~ Cafu
From what I've read, CM Punk is like a sponge when it comes to training.
~ Bill Goldberg
I like playing more than training so I try to be fit to play.
~ Joao Moutinho
For all my 'Eddie the Eagle' goofing around before the camera while in training for the Calgary Olympics in 1988, I was never less than 100 per cent serious on every single jump.
~ Eddie the Eagle
I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.
~ Ashton Eaton
I keep pushing my limits, especially since I started training in full equipment.
~ Carey Price
In training, I felt like my body would switch one way, but my leg would kind of stay in one direction. So I kind of felt like it wasn't stable.
~ Cain Velasquez
The best thing about having your brother in the same sport as you means you can go out and train together every day, and we can push each other on. That's something many of our rivals don't have when training day in day out.
~ Alistair Brownlee
I don't ever take an extended period off between minicamp and the start of training camp.
~ Adam Vinatieri
I always enjoyed the training part of baseball. I went to play college baseball and decided it wasn't for me.
~ Rich Froning Jr.
I wanted to train more for the outdoor season than the indoor season, so I changed my training totally.
~ Genzebe Dibaba
Concentration and focus - they are very important, just as important as in anything, I suppose, if you're going to succeed. I've seen a lot of good players on the training ground, but when it comes to the game, they can't keep the same levels up on a Saturday.
~ Chris Coleman
Now and again there are a few cookies going around the training ground. If we have played a game I can afford to have one.
~ Ross Barkley
I train every day but Christmas. I'm not the guy who gets a contract signed and then trains for a fight. I'm at practice every single day, whether I've got a match or not.
~ Chael Sonnen
Antonio Cesaro is beyond naturally strong. He trains hard, but he's got that strength you don't expect him to have.
~ Mark Henry
I'm totally dedicated to training no one trains harder than I do.
~ Bruno Sammartino