Quotes About Athletics

When I would play in big games at Ohio State, if the Goodyear Blimp was there, you knew it was a big-time game against a big-time opponent.

I think Cormier is a great opponent. He's a guy who has competed at the highest level of athletics and I'm going to have to train really hard for him.

At 135 I always floated too close to my actual weight. I was always trying to keep my weight up to 135. And every time I faced off with an opponent, I could never believe how large they were after they blew up after weigh-ins. I would always just be the same size.

I mean, I watched Ken train in the gym. Ken was one of the greatest athletes I've ever seen. But when he got into a fight, it would be half of him. He was wrestling with a lot more in there than just beating his opponent.

Physically, no disrespect to Ronda, but I don't think she has an advantage over anybody else. She's not physically stronger than any other opponent I've gone against.

When you're in there with a top-level opponent, it's supposed to be a close, action-packed fight.

I've said many times I don't want to pick opponents, and I don't want the UFC to pick opponents to give me an easier route, or anyone else.

I fought three opponents in one night two or three times, but never five rounds.

To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.

I learned how to defend the ball with my body and to be faster than my opponents.

It's a challenge, but every single German or Canadian I want to beat, I still have to love them. That means competing the way God wants me to compete and helping my opponents if they have a need.

I think all of my opponents say that, I gas out or whatever. They have to say something about me.

I'm serious, I don't stay in the gym each day like my opponents.

I want to fight for a credible organization and face high caliber opponents.

The big games against big opponents, those are the best games to play in.

With or without knockouts, every single one of my opponents has always felt my power. I am confident with my power, I know that as soon as I hit them they know that they're not fighting against the likes of some other opponents they have fought in their past.

You have got to go through all of the opponents to get to the gold medal.

I wasn't the type of person to gain much weight after a fight, but at 115 I can be bigger and more powerful than my opponents.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

Just to have the opportunity to play in the NFL, I think it's the biggest dream come true for me.

As a former competitive athlete and a mother to a daughter who is a D1 collegiate athlete, I staunchly oppose biological males in girls/women's sports, locker rooms, and bathrooms.

Any opposing gym we go into, I want them to hate me. At the end of the game, I want to be beating their team so bad that they should hate me.

At the highest level, you are playing the best from an opposing country, so the margin of error is very little.

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.