Quotes About Athletics

I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.

The common denominator is that we want to make the world a better place, for women and for everybody, and we do it through sport.

Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.

Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.

They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.

It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

Men sometimes seem more ready to accept women as brain surgeons than as athletes.

The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics.

The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.

I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!

I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.

Tennis is interesting because the women are almost more popular than the men. In the U.S. Open, women even get exactly the same money as the men.

Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.

I hope I was a good example of women's tennis.

As far as standup goes, I really feel like I can stand and bang and trade with anybody in the game.

One of the main reasons I went to Stanford was to run in a pro-style offense and show I can run between the tackles 25 to 30 times consistently.

I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.

The thing you don't realise is that every time you head the ball, your brain shakes. Every single time. Have you ever headed a ball badly and seen stars for a couple of seconds? That's your brain shaking. Let's be honest: that can't be healthy, can it?

Chris Paul is one of the brightest stars in the National Basketball Association, a must-see player with the New Orleans Hornets whose deft ball skills and eye-popping speed have attracted admirers all over the world.

I need someone to be like, 'I can beat Bert in a marathon.' And then my Mickey Mantle genes will kick in and I'll start going, 'No you can't. You can't beat me, because I'll beat myself.'

If I know it's going over the fence, I am going to start jogging and just get around the bases and get back in the dugout.

Every linebacker that plays in the NFL wants to be a starter.

If you are going to be a starter in the NFL or a major-college program, you are going to have to beat out other great quarterbacks.

I was a walk-on at Maryland, I had to earn my scholarship and starter spot, and the things that've come after.