Quotes About Athletics

Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.

If the jump is perfect, you come out, and you feel like you took a three-pointer in basketball or doing the perfect thing in whatever your sport is. You just get that adrenaline rush, a sense of satisfaction, like you want to do it again and again.

It's tough to run fast and jump off roofs when your feet are freezing off!

With my jump shot, once I get that consistent, I feel like that is going to be a huge advantage for me.

I know I'm always ready when I jump into the ring.

If I would become a champion at 125, I will jump between 115 and 125.

I'm going to try to jump over people, and I'm going to try to run all day. If my body lets me, I'll do it.

I couldn't shoot. When I went to play in Europe, I learned to shoot better. I could jump, so people would just back off of me.

I've never been the type that's been highly athletically talented or can jump that high. I'm a guy who's 6-2.

It took me a while to get used to moving and jumping in the sand. It takes a lot more effort in the sand.

I never thought I could do certain things like somersaults and jumping off the ropes and flips. When you actually learn to do it, you're really amazed with what your body can do.

Baseball moved too slow for me. I wanted to be out running and jumping.

I can do all my jumps in practice, three in a row, five out of five, four out of five.

I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps.

The big goal is playing in June, so I'd rather be in the best shape I can be in health-wise than be dragging with nagging injuries or not being 100 percent trying to get to the Finals.

Listen to what I'm saying: I'm back. Junior Dos Santos, Alexander Volkov, or revenge against Stipe Miocic. That fight, I didn't do well, and I really want to fix it.

There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.

Yes, I went the junior-college route, but I was playing at some very good junior colleges.

I grew up in the USTA's junior circuit.

I train with top guys like Chuck Liddell and Lyoto Machida, I have trained with Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, and nobody have ever dominated me.

There are a lot of good, competitive junior college players, and I thought I did pretty well at Cuyahoga.

I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high.

I played Little League in junior high and high school.

Once my junior year finished at Florida State, I won the Rhodes Scholarship and I was also projected as a second-round draft pick.