Quotes About Athletics

You can't slow the game here. It's grass, it's always going to be fast.

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

Running a fast time is good; it's better than winning. You can win with a slow time. To me, it doesn't mean anything. I like running a fast race more than a slow race.

For nine years, I was playing at more or less the same weight and I'm a little bit slower than I used to be. But I'm glad I have a couple of pounds more because I think it will help me in games for sure.

My competitors won't be thinking, 'Oh, she's only 18, let's go a little slower for her.'

When I was younger, I always thought, 'I can do anything' but I felt myself turning slower, picking up hamstring injuries. It went from bad to worse.

I didn't look at age as being a reason to stop running or become slower.

I love to run and do it every day. I run slowly, by the way.

If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less carbs and have some eggs and fruit for breakfast, then a light lunch about 90 minutes before I play, so I don't feel sluggish or full.

High jump is such a mental thing. It's you against the bar. It's something that a lot of people struggle with, and people experience slumps and plateaus because of it.

I fought Dan Henderson in 2009, and I lost, and that was at UFC 100 - UFC 100 was the biggest pay-per-view the company's ever done. 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, watched all over the world, and of course, I get knocked out cold after talking lots of smack leading up to the fight. So I got my just desserts in that one.

I don't really do it on the field, but off the field, I use it to my advantage. I'll talk a lot of smack.

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

If you can score the ball, it doesn't really how big or small you are.

I grew up in a small town outside Philadelphia and went to the local high school, where I ran track all four years.

I'm a big fan of seeing smaller guys vs. big men.

Actually, when I first started dropping weight to fight, my biggest worry was how my smaller body would look compared to the size of my massive head.

I'm a smaller guy, so I train at a high pace.

Just like when I was in the NFL, you've got to find those smaller dudes - and when you get your hands on them, it's bad news - all day.

I don't think smaller guys usually bother me on my shot too much.

I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six more inches, I'd be in the league.

If you try to simplify it as much as possible, I guess you could say if a guy who is my size can move around the same as a guy who is much smaller, you would think there are maybe going to be a few more advantages.

Seeing bigger guys doesn't scare me at all. It just makes me want to compete against those guys. Bigger or smaller guys - it doesn't matter.

In Europe and FIBA, the game is a little slower and the court is a little smaller.