Quotes About Athletics

The only thing I miss is the actual fight night and the feeling of winning. I can say this with my hand on my heart, there is no greater feeling than standing victorious in the ring or in the case of my last fight, a stadium.

I have everything to come out victorious - the strength, the speed, the youth.

Boxing, for me, is all about drama and victory, and there is plenty more to come.

This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.

I love to fight, and I'm looking forward to being back in the ring, getting the victory, and moving on to challenge for the World Heavyweight title.

The high of victory in the ring was bigger than the biggest party. You'd get in the ring and hear thousands of fans chanting your name and I'd be giving it all back for them.

When I started competing, you had to have your coach there. Now you can be coached from a home office via Skype or video. That's not the same as having them on the field with you.

I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.

I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.'

I'm not a video game guy. I would rather throw around a football.

If I was going to play any video game, it'd be things like 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!,' 'Street Fighter' and 'Mortal Kombat.'

I really enjoy being out on the court and going through the grind and battling. That's something a video game can't do for you.

I'm not a huge '2K' person. I've always have rather played sports than play that video game that's a sport.

My friends like to play as me in the baseball games, and they call to tell me about every bag I steal. And you know, every time a new game comes out, I check to make sure my speed is up to par. But to me, when you talk video games, you're talking 'Madden.'

Like most athletes, I like to go home and relax. I try not to bring the game home with me. I might play some video games that are, let's just say, for mature audiences only. And I might get some flak for this, but I like to watch 'Seinfeld.' Sometimes, laughter is the best medicine.

I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.

Off the court, most of my time is on the golf course. I spend my time golfing, mostly relaxing at home and playing video games.

I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames; I'm really into them.

Growing up, I played 'Ken Griffey, Jr. Baseball' and just whatever I could get my hands on. When I was really young, I was a big fan of Mario and that type of stuff. I still play videogames now, so it was really cool for me to be able to play as myself on '2K6' or '2K7,' I believe it was, when I was a rookie.

More than anything tough, I play 'Madden'. I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames. I'm really into them.

I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time.

I have videos of me playing basketball in diapers.

Wrestling is my life, and if I'm not training or in the gym, then I'm watching videos to learn more about it.

I like watching anime or music videos and stuff like that, just to get my mind somewhere else, to make it feel like I'm not in the arena, not in the gym, so when I step on the court, I'm locked in.