Quotes About Athletics

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this.

I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

David Foster Wallace believed that 'high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty.' They are also, it is sad to say, an arena for the darker aspects of human nature.

Wrestling was more her kind of sport.

There's a reason why you never see large-chested women finishing marathons first. They've been beaten to death by their breasts around Mile 5. It ain't pretty.

Though our approach to running may have seemed [unconventional], we still took winning seriously

Perhaps nothing in sports or in life is as accessible to all as running. It didn't matter our language, creed, or skin color, running was a commonality we all shared. Two hundred of us ran down that highway as one. So many things in this world divide us, rip us apart, but here was something that united us, that brought us together. The fact that running is available to all doesn't diminish its significance; it amplifies it.

Football at it's best is a game of beauty and intelligence.

Like it or not, football serves as the front door to institutions, with the exception of the Ivy League," Floyd explained. "The reputation of a school is predicated on athletics. Football is first. Basketball is second. If you have a successful football program, it will support all the other revenue and non-revenue sports.

I was a big Doug Plank fan," said Tim Ehlebracht, a Blitz wide receiver. "Then my first day of practice I come over the middle, he hits me, and I end up in the hospital after landing on my head.

Basketball is a young man's game, unkind to ancient legs.

My fastest time in high school was a 4:29 mile. I think cross-country has something to do with my longevity in my business. When you're in an eight-mile race, you never give up.

I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.

We always spend more time on the throwing events and a little bit more on the long jump. They're my weaker events - they don't come as naturally to me as running and jumping. I like the hurdles and the high-jump, I'm a springy, speedy athlete so those suit me.

After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.

I heard the other day that I'm the skinniest power forward in the league. I might be the skinniest, but I'm damn sure not the weakest.

My weakness might be that the guys with the longer legs can hold their top speed a little bit longer and might not slow down as fast at the end of the race.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.