Quotes About Athletics

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

Music and physical activity goes hand in hand. Music and basketball, man.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

Wrestling is different from other sports. It is not just about physical strength. It is more of a mind game as during matches we have to read the mind of opponents and outwit them.

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.

I love the physicality of an offensive lineman.

I don't mind physicality in the least - I don't mind it in the least, both ends of the floor.

I really want to do something where I can show my physicality - something with a lot of action. Action would be fun. I'd really like to do that.

The physicality of boxing is like nothing else.

It's the NFL, so anytime you get to go out and get to play against another team, there's going to be some physicality.

You have to put your body through a lot of physicality with wrestling.

I don't like to use the word 'fake.' A lot of our stuff is choreographed. But there is a lot of physicality that happens during the course of a match and our careers. There's a lot of physicality that happens to us and you can't deny that.

Golf is about power and balance, and it's the same in fighting. If you have confidence in your physicality, you're going to be mentally strong.

Training camp for me is a day-by-day thing. It's a grind. If you lose focus on what you're trying to work on, you won't be there mentally, and it'll be tough physically.

Yes, yes, I'm very happy that I finally got through this match, beat No. 7 in the world. It's my best win so far. So I'm really happy the way I play today and felt really strong on the court physically, mentally.

I can do something physically the other guy can't. I know the other guy has not dedicated himself the way I did.

I believe you can be young and compete in gymnastics if you have a coach who is looking out for you and if there is a good gym environment where the coaches are taking care of you emotionally and physically.

During my first Olympics in 1980, at the age of 23, I was physically in great condition but mentally too inexperienced to cope comfortably in the pressure cooker of an Olympic year.

If you think you're in shape, try boxing. You'll discover that you are not. It's the most physically challenging thing I've ever attempted, but I love it and I want to keep up some of the training.

You have to be that 1 percent or 2 percent better physically so you have more power and energy left than your opponent when you go to a third set.

Those five Rogers Cup matches were physically tough, and there were late nights, up until 2 or 3 A.M. - how could I fall to sleep after beating some of my heroes?

Being an athlete, my job was to physically perform.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.