Quotes About Athletics

I liked playing in lanes, especially because of the offensive opportunities you have in that position.

When I was competing I didn't have a nutritionist. It wasn't something that British athletics offered back then.

I had more offers in football than baseball.

That space between the white lines, that's my office. That's where I conduct my business.

Oh man, I am so happy when I get to dribble the ball.

I feel blessed. All the great running backs that have come through Ohio State - Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Beanie Wells - I'm happy that I was able to carry on that lineage this season.

Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?

For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring.

I spent a lot of my childhood growing up in Oklahoma, where I wrestled and played baseball.

We do Greco-Roman, freestyle. The Old Country way. No gimmick wrestling in my house.

I love the old school wrestling.

I feel like my old self on the ice.

My older brother was always in the gym, and I saw how hard he worked. Around middle school, I was in there with him, and I started to love it. But it wasn't like I had a basketball in my hand at age 2.

Wrestling is one of the earliest and oldest martial arts there is.

People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.

Any Olympic sport is great to watch.

I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

My only aim is to win an Olympic medal.

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I can't believe that I'm on the Olympic team.

I am the Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European champion now, and I hope that's enough for people to accept that I am a half-decent British athlete.

I want to be European, world and Olympic gold medallist.