Quotes About Athletics

Morata trains to the maximum.

Nobody trains 'eye poke defense.'

Everything was really competitive. We used to always do field day, relays. Races. I was always just naturally good at those things. So when I started playing football, I used some of those traits.

I was kind of a slap hitter, trying to get base hits, hit line drives, stay below a certain trajectory with my ball.

I haven't dunked since Bill Clinton was in office, so I'm just happy for anyone who can do so without a trampoline.

I used to practice those trampoline dunks back at Golden State. I can flip and everything.

Before Julius Erving, being a stylish basketball player meant 13 ounces of pomade in your hair and color coordinating the belt in your shorts with your canvas sneakers. Dr. J was a transcendent figure athletically, but he also changed the aesthetics of the sport.

Playing football in San Francisco was almost a transcendental experience.

By kipping, you are able to generate power from the hip, transfer it through the body, then into your arms, creating a movement that originates in your core and moves to your limbs, and also generates more power.

A lot of people do run well at 60m but can't transfer it to the 100m because there's still 40m to go, and anything can happen in that last section.

MMA is the most dangerous sport there is for a transgender, with all the body contact, I know that.

I owe a lot to sports. My athletic ability made the transition from modeling to wrestling very easy.

Four-men aren't used to picking up guys pushing the ball in transition. Let alone, somebody getting the rebound and just busting.

I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down.

One-on-one is different than actually going through picks, hitting the floor, playing 5-on-5, getting back in transition, making quick moves without thinking about it.

I enjoy watching the NFL, but you've got to have a real passion to make that transition and have a real crack at it.

I like to get out in transition. That is one of my favorite aspects of the game.

I really liked the transition Demian Maia made from 185 pounds to 170. I plan on doing the same thing as a featherweight.

College lacrosse can be pretty brutal at times, so that definitely helped me with the toughness. It's a fast-paced game, so that helped me kind of translate over to the game speed of playing in the NFL. I think just the one-on-one aspect of trying to beat the guy in front of you definitely helped me as being a receiver.

What I think is about running faster and faster, and I believe that will translate into medals.

My background in gymnastics, martial arts, and dancing has translated very well in the ring.

Stuntwork... once, I've really only done one thing, which is take a punch and transport myself into the air onto a mat.

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

Swimming is one of the hardest sports.