Quotes About Athletics

My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.

I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from.

I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.

I am enjoying playing English football. It is very beautiful. With every game I play, I feel more comfortable.

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.

I wouldn't have went to school if I wasn't playing football.

I was playing basketball at Lifetime Fitness every day for two hours. Like, I played an hour of basketball before I played David Ferrer in the semi-final.

One of the reasons I'm so competitive - I mean, I'm not winning much anymore - at my age was because I always worked hard and because we have a level playing field. We don't have motorbikes in the peloton anymore.

Everyone is on a fair playing field. It's safer for athletes, it's safer for the fighters - it's just a safer thing for fighters. So I think the USADA thing is good.

I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

The only way you can get match fitness is by playing games.

I've been to NBA playoff games.

It's fun running out onto the field. It's much more fun playing in the playoffs.

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

Playing the whole season and going through the whole playoffs in 2011 was the hardest 10-month period.

The playoffs are a different animal, and any team can beat you on any day.

The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

The season is a beast within itself. It's not the quickest race; it's a marathon. In the playoffs - if you're fortunate enough to make the playoffs - that's more like a dash. You have to concentrate on one opponent. When they're done, you have to concentrate on another one.

You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.

I think running the ball effectively is the key to winning games in the playoffs.

I personally want to play in the playoffs.

I want to be in the playoffs.

You know, the thing about the great receivers? They won. They were in the playoffs. They were making big plays.