Quotes About Athletics

People don't realize I tore my rotator cuff when I was 12 or 13. At that time, being so young, we decided just to not have surgery.

I do have six anchors put in my labrum; I tore it in half, so it was pretty major surgery.

I know why I lost my fight to Ryan Bader. Because I was injured. I needed surgery but I didn't want to back out because I was fighting in Japan.

Having the hip surgery and then still having the pain with it, I was kind of scared jumping off one leg, jumping off two feet. I was scared to be explosive.

I wouldn't be surprised if I knocked Ricky Hatton out. It's something that people are going to read and think I'm ridiculous, but if you look beyond what you see with naked eye, every time he gets hit clean, he's hurt.

I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.

I've run a marathon - I think that's the most surprising thing about me.

Skiing not only for yourself and your family, but for your country, was surreal. The amount of support I got from back home in Indiana was insane.

There are athletes who believe God helps them win—against opponents who would seem, on the face of it, no less worthy of his favouritism. There are motorists who believe God saves them a parking space—thereby presumably depriving somebody else.

but boys who like the tough sports—boys who are virtually nursed on that potion of hustle, slam, and grunt—they're the ones with the best chance in life.

To be honest, today's runners may as well go back to being nude as them Lycra pants they wear don't really hide much, do they? It's plain to see that if Usain Bolt went back to the old ways of running in the nude he would have an advantage getting over the finish line before anyone else. It

Fit men walking around and bathing, it would be just like being in Ancient Rome [on a footballers dressing room

The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man.

I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don't get you the ball.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.

Why doesn't the fattest man in the world become a hockey goalie?

To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance

I am an honest, God-fearing man who is intensely dedicated to being the best person I can be on and off the football field.

It's easy, man. I just take the ball and throw. Hard! It's a God-given talent! No one can teach it to you. They either hit it or they don't.

Running is so natural to me. When I was running track, people used to ask me, "When are you gonna start running hard?" The wind hits me in the face, and I feel so smooth - Man, I love to run!

There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys.

Ken Patera was the strongest man in the world, but he was probably the most gentleman in the ring.

Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

Brooks Robinson is not a fast man, but his arms and legs move very quickly.