Quotes About Athletics

I have to devote my time and thoughts to training and playing.

I throw the shot put, people expect me to look like somebody named Helga and not put on make up to be considered serious about my sport.

I have a lot of big names on my side that I'm willing to fight, and I'm pretty sure they are willing to fight me, too.

My wife cooks, I clean. Then I go to practice, come home, and take a two hour nap. I wake up, shave my head, then it's time to ball.

I'm a huge Ronda Rousey fan. She's extremely talented. What I like most about her is she's mean and nasty.

I wanted to win an SEC championship and a national championship. Those are the main goals.

I only won one national championship.

I've dreamed of winning a national championship and I've dreamed of being an Olympian.

I really enjoy going to play for the national team and be with the guys.

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba.

I was 15 when I made my debut for the national team.

I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.

Luis Suarez is one of the best players in the national team - and in the world, in fact.

I've done a lot of great things playing for this country and this national team in the youth stage.

I spent a lot of time in the national team and I love playing for my country.

I think it would be pretty cool, whether it would be basketball or baseball, playing for a national team.

The cool thing about China is that they really put a lot of value on their national team.

Every summer is always the same for me. I spend almost the whole summer with my national team in training camp. That's what I love. That's what I'm proud of.

I actually did a mini-season in China before and I was able to come back to the national team and kind of knew what I needed to do to get my body right.

I think I have a natural hitting ability.

I look at a guy like The Rock - how he started with his natural ability in sports but gravitated into Hollywood - as a model for what's possible.

For me, that's natural. The instinct to score comes naturally and if you have it, you've got to go to it.

I started playing basketball when I was about three years old. After that, everything else just came naturally. I had older cousins that used to let me hang with them, so I got my toughness from them.

I was naturally muscular from Day 1.