Quotes About Athletics

The 3-point line has changed the game so much. The day of the big man, unless you're extraordinary good, is not numbered, but certainly you gotta be a lot more versatile to play the game today. You gotta be able to really run up and down the court.

With Test cricket, it's very important that you are bowling at high speed but T20 cricket is a great way to be versatile.

Thanks to my dad, I've always had it. He always told me how important it was to be versatile. Every time we worked out in the gym, it was always all the skills, not just being a big man.

What's cool about wrestling is that you do find yourself working with very talented and very versatile opponents.

The more versatile you can be, the longer you'll be in the NFL.

I've really grown as a player, becoming versatile, able to do multiple things offensively.

People always say you have to grow into your body, but for me, it wasn't even growing into my body - the more weight came, it didn't faze me. It made me faster, stronger. It helped me become a more versatile player.

My versatility is my greatest asset, and I bring a unique skill set to the court.

In college I played power forward because I was one of the biggest guys on the team and my versatility allowed me to do that.

The transition from football to futsal is very difficult, as this is a shorter and faster version. We have no time to think, but I'm trying to adapt the best I can.

Training horses should always follow this equation: 50 percent of time spent on schooling; 50 percent of time spent on conditioning. Schooling should never outweigh work on basic conditioning.

Stanley Matthews

took him to a rink. Andy had watched the other skaters

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

There's a little wire work, which is so much fun. You can fly, it's amazing. But I've had to mostly just sort of kung fu, you know, ground work. Footwork and stuff like that.

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport.

Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work.

I want to continue to expand my game a little more, build my body and work on staying strong so I can play the way I've been playing, and holding my ground the way I've been holding my ground.

I get to kind of pretend I'm going to play baseball. I get to work out and do all the stuff that was part of baseball. I just don't get to play.

You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.

One thing I've been doing since I was a little kid and that's score touchdowns so if somebody needs somebody to get in the red zone and do some work, I could probably still do that pretty well.

In terms of my work with Nike, obviously signing Michael Jordan to a $500,000 contract in 1984 set a new precedent for the business side of the game.

It's so much fun! Girls just think that it is all about popularity, but it's not. You have to work really hard if you want to be good at cheerleading. It's just like any other sport!

I work out all the time. I love it.