Quotes About Athletics

I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy.

Coaches are going to adapt to whatever the rules are. The rules certainly change strategy.

Skating, like all other sports, has an element of strategy.

I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to the basket. With the three-point rule, the whole strategy changes, and you make a move and then throw it 30 feet out, where somebody takes a standing jump shot.

GSP knows how to use a lot of strategy.

Boxing is like any other sport, like football, basketball, whatever, where there's a strategy you stick to in order to win.

Amateur boxing is like a game but you have to be spiteful as a pro. I've got that spiteful streak. I've always had it - just ask my mum and dad.

For me, my number one guy would be Tanahashi from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Like, watching him, like, this guy is a bonafide rockstar over in Japan. He can't even walk down the street without getting stopped, the way that he carries himself.

Growing up playing on the streets, you made your name by talking mess and getting into people's heads.

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.

Anytime I can get into a situation in which I'm running routes, I love it. I mean, I'd go out in the streets and just run some routes.

As I started to do a lot of fitness I gained a little bit more strength and I was a little bit slow around the court.

Power and strength are most important for my skating.

Running up a steep hill or up steps are fantastic ways of building explosive strength.

To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.

When I'm a little lighter, I feel faster and I feel better. I thought I needed to be big, but I learned that I'm better off being quicker and more agile, because I still have strength.

To build my core strength, I do push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, on-the-spot running with bands, and individual runs.

I can't do much about my height, but I can do a lot of things in strength and speed and work on that. I'm going to try to do that the best I can to make me a better ballplayer.

Being a non-athletic person, I had to strengthen my core, arm and leg muscles before learning the wrestling moves.

All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.

It's important to strengthen my body while also improving my shot. Shooting and defense are how I'll make my living, so those are the areas I really have to work on.

I feel like if I get my legs under me, strengthen my legs up a lot more I'll be able to get out there and face the challenges of a 3.

I just play to my strengths and my ability.

Fitness has always been one of my strengths. I can do all the long-distance runs. When I was at school and we entered the competitions, I used to do the 100m, 200m, and the 1500m as well, so it's never just been a pace thing.