Quotes About Athletics

Throwing a fastball to Henry Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun past a rooster.

If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of being a professional baseball player versus a tennis player. But that was the decision-maker for me, I just thought I was better in tennis.

In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of those trade-offs will be made politically.

The mental aspect of kicking is the difficult part. Physically, we still have to be in shape and perform on the field, but the thing that separates the ones who make it versus the ones who don't is definitely the mental side.

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

I won a title versus Rey Mysterio, it's incredible.

At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day.

Sports formed me. I was always decently skilled but lacked size, so I had to resort to using my skill versus my power. I strategically play golf because that's all I can do. It's the same on the basketball court. I try to get open and shoot it. Or I use the open space on the soccer field.

I used to like to see The Millionaires versus The Hulkamaniacs. That team versus team atmosphere where you have 10 guys or 8 guys, and it comes down to 3-on-1 - that got exciting for me.

I just love pure, uncompromised competition. No ball, no net, no goalie, just one person versus one person, and you can do whatever you have to do to get your hand raised.

Any time I strap it up and play, I'm ready to turn on versus anybody.

I watched professional wrestling at a very early age.

From a very early age, as far back as I can remember, I always played sports.

My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.

I've had a lot of years of football so I've been in control of power for a very long time.

I think watching multi-events is much worse than competing. Especially when you have vested interests because you go through the emotional ups and downs.

In para-cycling I am a veteran with Olympic medals now.

I am already a veteran because I've been in the league for three years and I've played big games in the Euro League.

At 12, I was, like, 6-2. At 13, I was, like, 6-5 or 6-6. I had always stuck out as a bit of a freak, so athletics gave me a chance to make friends and, I guess, find my 'cool' vibe, if there's such a thing when you're in high school.

David Price gives the best high-fives in all of baseball. They sting the hands and deliver noteworthy affirmative vibes.

I've played games where I thought I played one of my better games, and statistically, there's nothing there, and vice versa. I've never based how I feel about my performance on stats.

I'm vicious. I can be nice off the ice, but on the ice, that's not where it's time to make friends.

We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.

The strongest feelings I experienced were in Davis Cup. It was the most powerful thing: the victories and the losses. It hits you in a distinct way. It's another level of satisfaction - another level of sadness.