Quotes About Athletics

Supporting black professional athletes was taken seriously in my home.

I've played as a lone striker and enjoyed it, especially if you have good supporting players around you. But a full season by myself? That would be hard.

Over the last three years, UCLA has helped me grow as an athlete, a scholar, and a member of the community. I have made some mistakes along the way; however, I am grateful that I made those mistakes backed by such a supportive and positive university so that I could learn from them and better myself.

My family has always been very supportive of me and my choice of sport.

I'm a professional athlete - one who's supposed to set examples - so whatever it is I put in my body, it's up to me to take responsibility for it, and I have done that.

I always thought the best part about sports was the bigger, faster kids who were supposed to be more athletic than me - I always beat.

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.

I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.

If athletics wasn't an option, I'd probably work at like a surf shop in Hawaii on the beach, just dishing out surf boards.

I've gotten better every year. I'm only going to continue to get better and better, and I'm just scratching the surface. I'm 25 years old, and I've been hooping at a high level for a long time.

I have always loved running on the roads, ever since I used to take part in relays for my club when I was 12 and 13. I felt really at home on the surface.

I feel like I'm playing some of my best tennis on clay. I'm sliding a lot, moving a lot. I know how to adjust to the surface, so I'm loving the clay.

I didn't know what off-season meant. I could sprint barefoot, anywhere, anytime and on any surface.

It's what I love to do and I'll never stop surfing.

I grew up in a very high-achieving family. I have a brother who's a Harvard-educated cardiothoracic surgeon. My other brother is a two-time Olympian, fifth-round draft pick for the Philadelphia Eagles, and an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

I've had four knee surgeries in my career. I just don't do small injuries. The highs of winning are always balanced out by the lows of being injured and missing games. There was a time when I was out for nearly a year, having already been out for six months with another surgery before that.

Oh, gosh, okay... well, my biggest injury was probably a bone chip in my ankle that required surgery.

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

The thing is I have no ACL. So unless I get surgery, there's nothing really magical that I can do that's going to make it better. I just can get my leg stronger, my muscle stronger and try and support it a little more. But that has a small impact. My knee is loose, and it's not stable, and that's the way it's going to be from here on out.

I've been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I've prevailed through it.

After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I'd be able to compete again.