Quotes About Athletics

A lot of the people I know, they don't train like that. They do a lot of quick stuff, just speed drills. But I run long distance. I've always been like that, though, even when I was in high school. That's just how I train myself.

It's hard to criticise Ronaldo. When we come back from an away game at 4 A.M., he is one of the players that goes straight to the training complex to jump in cold water to accelerate the speed of his recovery. He is an example to follow.

Speed is something I always worked on really hard.

Speed has always been there in college football.

For me speed and power is the most important thing on the footy field as well as agility which I work on everyday.

There's no way to practice or run or do anything to match the speed of the game.

I had debilitating back pain. Three years later, I'm 40 pounds heavier and generating 20 or 25 miles an hour more ball speed.

I don't have the same serve speed as some of the guys, but I have good footwork, and I take the ball early.

I have good hand speed.

I have to improve on my speed endurance, and I am working on it.

Obviously being a young player I get caught out of position a lot and I'm happy to have the speed I have.

I'm looking to run the fastest, but I want to prove that I'm more than a speed guy.

Speed is always good, speed always kills. That's the type of offenses I've been in anyway. That's a good thing.

I got speed and power. I got two things. And I've all the other aspects of boxing.

I have proved I have more than linear speed. Track guys are known for not being able to catch, for not having good hands.

I think the most complete performance has to be the spell I bowled in Bangladesh. In Fatullah. That was one heck of a spell. Bowled over a period of two days, maybe a bit more. That was a delight.

During the season... fun, to me, is getting sacks, making tackles and winning games. It's not spending money, girls, or, you know, this and that.

My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend time with my little brother, we're out on the football field. We're working out or playing Madden. We're spending time with each other, but our quality time is football.

My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.

Once I realised what boxing was, I understood - this is the ultimate form of competition. Once you box you go back to the football field or rugby and it just doesn't have the same spice.

I grew up in an era where the perfect drive was a line drive, with quite a bit more spin.

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.

I generally have been a good player of spin.