Quotes About Athletics

I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on.

It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.

My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player.

I am the best wrestler in the world.

I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

I try to be the best I can be at what I can do, and that's playing hard & rebounding.

Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam

Best football player I played against? I think Messi. He killed us.

The best art on a football field usually happens during kickoff returns.

The best player I've ever played with was Paul Gascoigne. He had everything. He was amazing.

Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.

Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart.

I'm a mad lover of sport. You cannot say a bad word to me about sports. So I know business is involved and I know it can be cynical, and, of course, I watch it, but for me it's pure.

I took care of my body. Your body is your business in the NFL.

It was hard to watch, the business side is so big in the game.

I didn't know anybody in show business, and I never thought it was the path I'd go down. I was hoping it was sports, like so many kids.

That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)

If those guys with better genes trained as hard and intense as me, I wouldn't stand a chance!

I don't have the average thirty-eight year-old's body. I know my face looks old, but if you slid head first for sixteen years you'd be ugly too.