Quotes About Athletics

The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best.

Most people are like, 'Oh, you shouldn't eat steak. It's so heavy.' But I love steak the day before a meet. Or the day of. I try to get that red meat in, some extra energy.

Normally after a game I want to eat something that I know is filling. Steak is one of my options for protein. For me, it's all about keeping my weight on. Because I'm more slender, I actually tend to lose weight during the season so I actually have to eat more so that I can keep the weight on.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

I can still steal a base anytime I get ready.

I'm too short to play basketball and too nervous to steal.

I get cheered more and more for one simple reason: When I step in the ring, I steal the show! I will not accept anything less from myself.

I'm always looking to top the last match, I'm always looking to entertain the fans and steal the show.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

I really learned how to steal bases from my coaches my freshman year at NC State.

If the opportunity is there to steal a base, I try to steal it.

I don't really look at the catcher at all. I think you steal bases off the pitcher.

I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.

Sometimes you are going to have to games where you are going to have to manufacture runs, stealing. Particularly when you face real good pitching.

I play baseball - 'The Show' - a lot. I'm pretty good at that. I go 'Road to the Show,' where you build your own player. I build myself when I used to play as a center fielder. Power, speed, stealing bases.

I was guarding the best player and getting 25 and having eight assists, and three-four steals.

I feel I've proved I can rebound, block shots, get steals and pass the ball, too.

I was so competitive when I played. I was trying to get every loose ball, trying to get steals. That's what I was kind of infamous for in high school.

The kids who take up athletics actually come from modest to poor backgrounds. They make it on their own steam; some of them don't even have the basic means like shoes and enough food to eat.

People ask how hard it can be sitting down for work during a 500-mile race? Well, without power steering or power brakes, holding onto 650 horses in a car that has nearly 3,000 pounds of downforce and can produce up to 4Gs vertically and laterally can be extremely tough - even sitting down.

I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in Indiana, where if you didn't at least attempt to play basketball, you were considered of dubious moral character.

Every time I step on the field, it doesn't matter who we're playing, I want to get an interception.

Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step. No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.

It is an honor to represent the people of India every time I step into the ring.