Quotes About Athletics

When I stand in that ring after a match, I feel like the strongest me! It's truly the greatest feeling.

Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.

The entrance is important, but it's the in-ring performance that fans truly remember. My zipline entrance has become so much bigger over time, but I still think fans remember the match more than anything.

Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.

If I score against Tottenham, trust me - I'm going to celebrate.

We understand that you can't play all 82, trust me, with injuries and all that. But if you're feeling OK - a lot of people have been banged up, but if you're feeling OK, then you should play. That's what you get paid for. That's what fans deserve. The fans definitely deserve that.

I've seen my dad practice and, trust me, when you are 6 years old and you see that, it stays with you. My dad was a coach who taught the judo fighters and they would be throwing up because they would be so tired from working.

I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

I love soccer; I want to be on the field.

God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete.

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

My cutter has been key for me, and my curveball. I've been able to spot them where I want to spot them.

We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

I don't have to follow any special diet or count calories. I try to eat healthily and before a match I load up on pasta and salads. But I pretty much do what I want.

When I'm healthy, I can still pitch. I know I can still pitch at that level and get the results that I want.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

I'd like to be a 5-10, 205-pound running back. I think it's natural for big guys to want to be a little faster.

You have to transfer your success on the track to your education, because you don't want to waste what you did athletically once your athletic career is over.