Quotes About Athletics

In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles - a physical challenge that places intense demands on the ability of their red blood cells to deliver oxygen to their muscles.

Women play about twenty-five percent as good as men, so they should get about twenty-five percent of the money men get.

A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them. The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.

I only dunked maybe twice a game on average.

I was hospitalized five times in 2011 because of my skiing. Fracturing my left shoulder twice, snapping my anterior cruciate ligament once and smashing my scapula into five pieces.

If I'm man-to-man with a linebacker, well, that's an automatic win because I can run by him. If I'm one-on-one against a corner, I'm gonna catch it all day, because I'm twice his size.

I have played at the Bernabeu twice with Bayern Munich, and it was a magnificent experience.

I sometimes train twice a day, so usually save my carbs for the evening.

In the off-season, I train twice a day, five times a week with my trainer. Then, there's always massages and neuromuscular therapy worked in there as well on different days.

I started daily training at the age of 14. When I was 16 years old, I was running twice a day.

I attended sports school in Bulgaria just like my parents. I attended class twice a day and trained twice a day.

When you are 14, 15, 16, you can train every day in France, and sometimes you can train twice a day.

As a player I had the opportunity twice a week to play football in front of thousands of people and I could make them happy by just scoring a goal.

I go to the gym four times a week and play football about twice a week. I'm pretty active.

If you're a skilled player, you want to use your skill, not just hit the puck.

I was all limbs and I was very convinced that I must be uncoordinated, so I didn't want to try any sports. And the girls' basketball team was constantly like, "Please, please just come play."

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

That's not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.

I was a swimmer growing up. I was a miler - like long, long distance. So I was in the water for four or five hours a day. That's not the way you want to spend your teenage years.

I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes.

I was the No. 1 player coming into college and I want to be the No. 1 player heading into the NFL. That's definitely one of my goals.

I don't care who wins, I'll fight either one of them. As a matter of fact, I'll fight them both on the same night if they want.

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.