Quotes About Athletics

The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.

In a really good, closely matched situation, the style of the boxer is every bit as explicit and specific to him as a painter's hand.

A runner needs not just to be skinny but - more specifically - to have skinny calves and ankles, because every extra pound carried on your extremities costs more than a pound carried on your torso. That's why shaving even a few ounces off a pair of running shoes can have a significant effect.

I think that in all aspects of the game, especially in professional sports but specifically in hockey, we want to grow the game.

Baseball-wise, the Orioles specifically love that I haven't pitched as much as other guys coming into Major League Baseball.

Of course we always want to win, and train for it, but I also care about the quality of my performance. I want to provide a great spectacle for those who are at home.

There's not a better sporting spectacle than an evenly-matched fight.

I just look for another spectacular fight, another spectacular one-sided performance.

Of course I would want the knockout, but with me, I just look for, you know, a spectacular performance. It's like, walk them down, or go for the knockout. You know, hopefully I get the knockout.

The spectacular catches are the ones that you remember detail for detail. The ones with two hands, it's kind of routine.

A lot of times, the spectacular play the fans see is not always what I tried to do. It just happens.

I don't go out looking to make spectacular plays. I just try to come in and be a physical presence inside.

Spectacular plays just happen. That's just part of the game.

When I dive for a ball I'm not diving because it looks spectacular - I'm trying win the point. When I jump it's because it's easy for me to jump. I'm not being cocky but because I can jump higher than other people it looks more spectacular. Other players smash but I go higher so it looks different.

I'm not a good spectator; I'm a nightmare when I'm injured and I'm not playing.

I like the NBA game as a spectator.

I try to put on a show while being effective because the spectators come to be entertained by beautiful play.

I have a speed, and I have to use it when I play against someone who gives you the space.

Speed is something that, in the heavyweight division, we don't have a lot of.

As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

Football is a game of speed and drama.

I think speed climbing is kind of an artificial discipline. Climbers compete on the same holds and train on the same holds, which doesn't have much in common with the climbing philosophy in my opinion.

Me being a shorter guy, I am pretty quick out of the blocks and can get up to top speed maybe a little faster than some guys.

I found boxing so, so easy with incredible power, speed, and accuracy.