Quotes About Athletics

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself.

I lost my speed in my 20s. I lost my power sometime in my 30s (although I don't know exactly when—I was too fat). What has still remained is stamina and endurance, and a feel for the water.

I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.

The thing about the 'Broken Skull Challenge' is that there's really nothing else like it on television.

I didn't really lift consistently before I got to the NBA. In college, I would skip out on it or not do as many reps because, honestly, I didn't like it. I was like 'Man, I'm not going to put on weight, I'm always going to be skinny, I'm not going to be big as the sky.'

In America, you've got a lot of fair-weather fans, who be cheering for you hard and as soon as you lose a fight, you're a bum and then they come at you on social media and they give you a lot of slack.

I don't think you can win a Grand Slam and not be confident in yourself.

When I was young and I could dream a bit, I could see myself participating in the slam dunk contest. I've always wanted to experience that.

Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can say it's less, you can say it's equal. It's very much up there.

Yeah, certainly you want to try to save your energy at a Grand Slam.

It doesn't matter who's under the basket, I'm going to try to slam or block the shot.

In Grand Slam, you play every two days, five-set match. You have a little bit more time to make mistake.

Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam.

When you're in the slam dunk contest, you try to do the things the average person would have trouble doing on a Nerf basket.

When I was a kid, my favorite event was the Slam Dunk Contest.

I don't really want to fight the real big boys, because I noticed that I tried to pick Ishii up at the end of the fight, I was trying to go for a slam and I was like, 'This dude is too big.'

Grand Slam matches are always tough.

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

Nutrition is so important; it's part of the game. It has helped with my recovery, allowed me to sleep better, and helped my body adapt quickly.

All I do is play football, eat, sleep, play with my kids, play football.

I've always been a very good sleeper. I can sleep any time, anywhere and never lost sleep before a big match.

I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.

I have got pictures of me sleeping on the bench when I was four years old while my dad was practicing. I used to go to practice with him all of the time and they would play until it was late. I sometimes got tired and I would be sleeping there, but it was inside so not too bad.