Quotes About Athletics

If I didn't have quads and hamstrings, soccer would be a lot different for me than it is now. I would be pushed all over the field. My lower body is something that has made me the player I am today, and it makes me feel strong.

I really didn't want to play basketball for the longest time, but I just wouldn't stop growing. But I always wanted to be a professional soccer player.

I was in my junior year of high school and I had been playing soccer and basketball almost my entire life, and I wanted a change of pace. I wanted to do something more, something different. That's when I found an MMA gym about 45 minutes from my house and fell in love with the idea of becoming a professional fighter.

My dad, he always played soccer.

Baseball is the biggest sport in Japan, then soccer, and basketball is... People don't really care about basketball.

I never even think of playing soccer.

I don't like the soccer industry and yes, I do like to play.

I was honestly more talented in soccer than in basketball. I don't think I'd have gone anywhere in soccer. But I think I was more talented in soccer.

I love soccer. That's my passion. That's what I make a living doing.

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running. And my event was the 400 hurdles. I ended up qualifying for state. But looking back on it, track was hard.

For me, scoring goals is the most fun. That's why I love soccer so much.

I did every sport and I played soccer in college.

My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.

I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.

In every sport, at the competitive level, there's always a danger of injury. But there are considerably less chances in body building comparatively, than say in soccer.

I actually played a lot of other sports - table tennis and soccer for a long time.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don't realize it's very one-on-one a lot of times.

Basketball is such a global sport, being second to soccer.

Basketball is huge in France, but not as big as soccer.

Being able to play sports in a school or public environment was everything for me - basketball, soccer, track.

I'm a much better comedian than I am a soccer player.

I've been playing soccer since I was about nine-years-old.

But for me as a player, I pride myself on understanding the game and having a really good soccer IQ.