Quotes About Athletics

For me, it's just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.

When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to get outs.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Conor McGregor has a big mouth. But I do love the way he fights.

A lot of boxers try to make it entertaining by fighting with their mouth.

When I am out there I pay no attention to the crowd and just move on with playing the game.

I grew up in a bracket sport, in wrestling. You win, that does the talking, you move on.

I am a big fan of Frank Lampard - his movement is so elegant.

Guys in the league have grown-man strength. They're not going to move off when you bump them. They know your moves and are going to cut them off. You have to be strong and have counters. You have to slow down.

Everybody knows that I can play defense. I've showed at times that I can score, but I just think they want to know, 'How consistent are you in your moves?'

I trained for a month and learnt all the basic moves at a wrestling school in Amritsar, Punjab. Wrestling is pretty easy.

I only got about four moves.

Everybody's fast and strong, but to go out there and throw pass-rush moves or be able to do something different on the run to get them off balance. Anybody can run into somebody, but if you can shake them a little bit at the line, that's what's helped me out as a player.

I can go any style - hook up, lock up, take you down - and do all kinds of amateur moves.

I'm a big fan of the calf slicer, some moves that aren't always done inside the octagon.

I'm always moving around. It's hard for offenses to get a grip on what I'm doing or where I'm at.

This is football; everyone gets hurt. If you run the ball 40 times a game, you're going to get banged around and get nicks and bruises here and there, but I don't pay too much attention to that.

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

In memory of Muhammad Ali I will be knocking out David Haye in one round.

You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too.

McGregor is taking Muhammad Ali's model. He can say whatever he wants but he's got to prove it. If he doesn't prove it, his career is going to be short.

One of my favourite fighters to watch ever, and of course before I was a ring announcer, was Muhammad Ali.

I think my experience playing multiple sports kind of helps deal with a little bit of a bind.