Quotes About Athletics

I think I'm both lucky but also unlucky, because sometimes I miss so many matches.

Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc.

I remember the first time I smelled B.O. was at a cross-country meet. But it wasn't unpleasant, in a strange way. That's what you got when you worked hard.

We know Messi is the best in the world. That means he is unpredictable, so you have to keep focused.

Michael Chandler's performance in his UFC debut was great. His opponent was great, but it felt like he was mentally unprepared to face Michael Chandler. He crumbled to his pressure and movement early.

The N.C.A.A. is a multibillion-dollar business built on the talents of players who are often unqualified for or uninterested in being students and who benefit materially from the system only if they are among the few who turn professional.

I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.

Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.

Great as Alabama's football teams are, the golf team I played on there in 2012 was unreal.

I wouldn't have raced a horse. But you'll then throw back at me that Jesse Owens raced against a horse, and he's one of my heroes, so I'm not going to say it was a silly stunt. I know too much about horses. They're highly unreliable, and they've got brains the size of golf balls.

The thing about LeBron is he's very unselfish, right? So he can pass the ball.

I'm an unselfish player.

LeBron is the most unselfish superstar we have.

When I went to the starting line of the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, it was with the unsettling conviction that some of my competitors were cheaters.

A lot of people over the last couple of seasons have fallen prey to the unstoppable force Usain Bolt brings to the table. And they just become subdued. That's not who I am. I'm not going to allow myself to become a subdued character.

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

I played handball up until I joined United, both as a goalkeeper and an outfield player.

I actually played hockey my whole life, all the way up until ninth grade.

It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country.

I think the one thing I can say is not to play through concussions. I think that's unwise.

You want to play as long as you can. The old, unwritten rule: If you make it to the NBA, you play as long as you can - and you play one more year.

I knew that, to be the best right-back in the world, I had to improve my fitness so I could run up and down constantly for 90 minutes.

Form is difficult. You can't predict form, it is up and down for any player.