Quotes About Athletics

When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.

That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.

As a fighter, I'm not one of those people that wants to prove I can go out and throw strikes.

I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

I can throw strikes any time.

Georges is very good at what he does. He's got great wrestling. He's got some very, very quick, effective strikes.

When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up.

I was stronger than Robinson Cano is, but he consistently strikes the baseball with substantially more force than I did.

I believe I'm a similar style to Khabib when it comes to the ground and stuff, but I believe I've got a whole 'nother, higher level of striking.

My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

Of course my base and my favorite thing is striking, and I will do a lot of striking because I love this game.

A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and begins his blow where all blows ought to begin, from the solidarity of the right foot.

David Price comes and finds me out in the lobby and says, 'Dude, I really enjoy watching you pitch.' I'm just like, 'What's wrong with you? Watch your own games, bro. I just throw fastballs inside. You're painting all over the place, striking the world out.'

MMA is very difficult; you can't just be good at wrestling. You need striking, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and countless other things.

Volkanovski is good at things, but he is not great at anything. He doesn't have good footwork or striking, he doesn't finish anyone, and he stalls a lot.

I came to a realization in 1999 of how important striking was going to become in this sport because it's the most efficient way to finish a fight.

My striking isn't the prettiest, and I hit really hard.

I understand everything Ronda Rousey is gonna bring that day. I don't think she's gonna be able to deal with my striking. She's gonna be really surprised when I touch her, when I connect on my punches.

Every year, I strive to be the best defensive player in the league.

I have to play hard and at the end of the day I still have to strive to protect myself and so does everybody in the league.

I come from a sports background and the spirit was always alive to strive for more, and better.

Each day in practice, I try go perfect. I try to be perfect every turn, every stroke. That's the way I feel comfortable.

We never had anybody who froze to death playing football. You probably had somebody who died from heat stroke playing football.

We were pretty darn good - fit and ready to play - but today's level is different. Those ground strokes are ever so much faster, coming back at you at a pretty good speed. Footwork-wise, you've got to be ready to hit that next shot. It's a tough time.