Quotes About Athletics

We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.

My favourite place to train is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where I train with my aunt and sister during the off-season. It is basically a flat, grassy area by the side of the road where we have made a path to run on.

I make more money in the off-season than I do playing football.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

I feel like with me being a big part of any offense, then the numbers are going to come.

People watch the points, they watch the highlights. But the defense I think helps the offense.

It's difficult when you step out there with somebody like me and my offense.

I'm not worried about offense. I've always had that, but I can get better defensively and that in turn will make my offense better.

I've been in the frame of mind in Charlotte that, O.K., I'm going to play defense. But I've never been in a frame of mind that my defense is going to generate my offense.

I want to go play behind that great offensive line they have down in Dallas.

When I do defensive work well it always helps my offensive game.

The reality is that it's just the nature of the game. It's the nature of playing offensive line, defensive line, and linebackers, where your responsibilities as a player involve those little hits that are going to accumulate. You can't take that out of the game.

How can I ever dog Derek Jeter? It's impossible. There is nothing to knock. He's a great defensive player. He's a great offensive player.

Bringing in a guy like Jordan Howard is going to help us immensely: a guy that you can give the ball to behind five really good offensive linemen and say, 'Go to work.'

We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.

LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.

The Big Ten has great offensive lines and great offensive-line coaching. It prepared me pretty well for the NFL.

Just play hard, compete, energy, hit the offensive glass.

Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.

John Collins has been a great offensive rebounder since jump street.

I think you look at a lot of sports, it starts with the guys up front. Your defensive line and offensive line in football and your big man in basketball, different stuff like that.

I've been Offensive Player of the Week. I've been Offensive Player of the Month.

James Harden is one of the best offensive players in the game.

One of my roles is rebounding the ball and not giving up offensive boards, and I feel like I can be one of the best in the league at that.