Quotes About Athletics

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away.

I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

I hope to play until I'm, like, 38 or something, and that's a lot of years in the game and a lot of travel and a lot of sacrifice on my family's part.

There is but one game and that game is baseball.

The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear. You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear.

Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish. And my level of fear and anxiety of getting injured is greater than my courage.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

My name is Daniel Lugo, and I believe in fitness

Shearer could be at 100% fitness, but not peak fitness.

The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage.

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

No player can represent Sri Lanka in future without good fitness levels

Well as for Ian Rush, he's perfectly fit, apart, that is, from his physical fitness

Energy is connected to physical fitness. One of the reasons I stayed at the top so long is that I was tremendously fit. At 36, I was fitter than most opponents ten years younger.

For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am.

I feel a freedom when I start running. If I don't train, I feel like everyone else in the Gaza Strip.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn't score any runs.

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.

If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it's a touchdown.