Quotes About Athletics

I'm not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.

When I got to college, I used to run on top of everything else, because when you gain weight in swimming, you have to do something else, like bike or run, to maintain the weight or take the weight off.

I can't imagine what I would be doing if I wasn't swimming. It is what I want to do now; it is what I want to do in the foreseeable future, and that is what I'm focusing on.

I want to run a marathon in the immediate future. In the future future, I want to do ironmans. I cycle long distances. The only thing I have to work on is the swimming. I'm a good swimmer, but I've never done long distances like that.

The Olympics was a goal, and definitely, swimming in college was a goal.

I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.

No event in strongman competitions lasts longer than 40 seconds, so by swimming in fast bursts, my body is conditioned for the level of speed and power it needs.

I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming.

I did javelin, swimming, long distance running. But the reason I did these other sports was because of boxing. I didn't want to get sidetracked.

I was always hugely into sport before I started boxing. I played rugby, football, cricket, athletics, swimming.

Maybe it's part of being an athlete, but I feel like we're really good, especially in swimming, about just pushing things down and pushing ahead.

I'm not getting recognized because I posed in a swimsuit edition of some magazine, but because of what I do on the field, and that's important to me.

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.

Swing at strikes. You've got to swing at strikes.

When I see three balls, I just swing at the middle one.

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball.

I've missed being able to flip in the air, flip on the beam and swing on the bars.

I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.

I feel like there are a lot of positives in my swing. I'm really going to work around the rhythm of my swing, being able to keep my rhythm and being more consistent. Consistency is what I'm looking for, performance-wise.

This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing.

I think of three things, and that's it. Just keep it short and take it outside and swing it left.

I don't need to practice my swing. I grew up with a bat in my hands.

It happens throughout the year where your swing feels better, or it feels worse; you feel good, you feel bad.

I have improved my pace without losing on the swing. That is something I am really happy about.