Quotes About Athletics

Michael was more likely to break through his attackers with his power and strength.

Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.

You, me, & your papa are 3 of the tiny percentage of souls on this miserable earth who've figured out that playing ball is the highest purpose God ever invented the human male body for.

Baseball -and I mean professional baseball- has got damned near every problem that churches and religion have got.

I run. I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body's thoughts, no goals but the body's goals. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line.

How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.

Nevertheless, an Olympic pool is an Olympic pool, touched by immortal glory.

90% of the game is half mental.

The coach put his hand on Ken's knee.

The others forgot the work and the weather watching them throw. It was art. A thousand dollars a throw in Madison Square Garden wouldn't have gotten any more breathless suspense. It would have just been more people holding in.

The NCAA has its rules. It's our job to abide by them.

I think when you play for your country, in whatever sport it is, that's the biggest accomplishment in the world.

It's an accomplishment to play in the NFL.

I always sidefooted the ball as I wanted to keep the accuracy on it but I was quite fortunate that I could sidefoot a ball powerfully.

I think I throw the ball down the field pretty well, but I think I'm really accurate and make good decisions.

For what Ronaldo's achieved, he's amazing; he's a great team-mate.

I love Virat Kohli, he has achieved a lot.

I love how sports make me feel, accomplishing an activity.

I've never been cold during a big game. It's the adrenaline. You're always moving.

Aggression is not just the emotion that you show on the field, but at the end of it, you have to ensure that you play the game aggressively and the ball has to do the talking.

I am aggressive only on court.

I'm not the same person on the court. I'm different when I'm off the court. Off the court, I don't need to be aggressive or anything.

I'm an aggressive fighter. I put on a show for the fans every time.

My first aim is to stay healthy and help the team.