Quotes About Athletics

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that.

Well, my mom was an Olympian, so we have some good genes on that front.

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.

It feels good to get sacks and to know I can do it.

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

It feels good to come here and be a winning program.

I'm a very good 15- to 18-foot shooter.

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

My concern is what fight we can give to the fans. My first concern as a boxer is to try hard and give a good fight for the fans.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

When you have Jessica Davenport in the middle, with some very, very good shooters around her and a good point guard, they have the pieces

When I wrestled in College, my team was very good.

I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

When you have great players, playing great, well that's great football!

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan.

I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.

Fighting is dancing. Look at a great boxing match, and it's a dancing.

If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you're going to have some kind of problem.

There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them.

I would not be on the level did I not confess that I always have believed that the old Browns were a great team, one of the greatest ever organized.