Quotes About Athletics

I wasn't really allowed to ski during my career because it was too risky in terms of potential injuries.

If you want to be among the greatest skiers, you have to win in Kitzbuehel at least once.

As pro snowboarders, skiers, etc., we all know that what we do is risky.

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

I want to learn skiing and parallel bar gymnastics.

The only sport I was good at was skiing.

I go to the gym every week and I love cross-country running, walking, boxing, football and skiing.

I love doing my fitness drills and work on my skill level.

I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career.

Players like Alastair Cook do not come around very often. To play for so long and achieve so much says everything about his fitness, concentration, discipline and skill.

I have played football since I was five years old. This is my core skill and it will always remain so.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

There's only so much you can do as far as individual skill work and conditioning on a bike. But you can't simulate playing in an actual game. And it can't satisfy the competitive itch you feel as a player.

What I've always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has - the discipline and expression - letting you dance.

I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I'm capable of doing in the ring.

You have to just have football knowledge. Without football knowledge, it doesn't matter how much skill you have.

The one-v-ones and stuff, that's a special skill in and of itself. That's the sizzle. Fans love that.

Heading is a skill, and it would be a shame to lose that from the game. There is nothing more dramatic than when you see someone score a diving header, for instance.

I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best fight there is.

I think I definitely have the mentality and skill set to be a top-five receiver, that's no doubt.

I need that name in Rashad Evans, a name that UFC and the fans respect. They know his skill set. They know what he can do. You go out there and beat a guy like that, you've proved yourself to the UFC and to the fans.

I think there's a real premium on skill at all positions on the court. I think that's going to continue.

All we have is our talent. That's what's great about the division, you can see things that 125-pound guys can do that some other guys can't. All we have is our skill.