Quotes About Athletics

It's not easy to be stylish as a linebacker.

I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.

I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.

I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights.

Brock Lesnar will never be able to beat me because he has no submission skills. What's he going to do, knock me out?

Chandler has fought great jiu-jitsu guys before, like Benson Henderson and my brother. He's practically impossible to submit. Of course he can get caught, but I think that's very difficult. His wrestling is a great counter to the jiu-jitsu approach, it makes it very complicated for them.

I really subscribe to the 'look good, feel good' mantra in terms of playing, in terms of getting out there.

I will say this: when you take any substance, especially in baseball, it's half mental and half physical. If you take this glass of water and you say, 'I'm going to be a better baseball player,' then you probably will be.

You can take a substance that works in your system, but then you take this over here that's not banned, and this over here that's not banned, but if you mix them together, you've got a banned substance in your system.

There are just so many substances that are considered banned substances because in some way it could help your performance on the court. As athletes, we should be responsible for what we put in our bodies.

There's little that's subtle about Hardus Viljoen - he's a broad-chested, broad-shouldered fast bowler, who simply trundles up to the wicket and hurls it down as fast as possible.

Wrestling is difficult - it is not just about doing moves and running around, and creating high spots. It's so much more subtle than that.

I don't think golf has ever been any pressure as far as having to succeed.

All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?

I was certain I was going to do something in sports.

The practice of nutrient timing, or consuming the right nutrients at the right times throughout the day, will enable you to partition your energy more effectively and achieve your racing weight.

You cannot change your height, the width of your hips, the length of your feet, or any of several other anthropometric variables affecting endurance performance that I have discussed in this chapter. You can't change your genetic potential for leanness, either. But you can reduce your body-fat percentage (and thereby adjust your weight) to the level that is optimal for performance in your chosen endurance sport given your unchangeable genetic constraints.

Each sport favors a particular body type. The principle of "form follows function" determines the particular physique that tends to perform best in a given sport or in a given position or role within a sport.

In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

speed is a skill; therefore, the skill of sprinting can be taught if proper progression and principles of motor learning are applied.

Create an environment where champions are inevitable.

Often an athlete will not see the true results of a significant investment in training for up to a year after the initial training stimulus.

Essentially all movement is interplay between force reduction and force production.

I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.