Quotes About Athletics

I may go so far as saying LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game. Because he is so potent offensively that not only can he score at will, but he keeps everybody involved.

If you want to talk about potential risk, more guys get injured on a field goal than extra point.

I train jiu-jitsu and judo with the best guys there is, and the best guys for ground and pound.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

When I carry the ball, I don't just take a direct hit. I get out of bounds when I can, get to the ground, try to avoid taking a pounding on my shoulders and legs. If I do that, I think I'll be fine.

A lot of basketball players have tendinitis. It's known as jumper's knee, and it just comes from all the pounding our knees take.

Great passing and setting - I admire that more than the super big guys pounding the ball.

I love it here, 145 pounds is my division.

Back in the day, a lot of running backs used to be 230 pounds, ground and pound the ball right up the middle. One thing I pride myself is being able to do what those guys do, as well.

I moved up to 130 pounds hoping champions in this division were not cowards like those at 126 pounds. It looks like I was wrong.

I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at a hundred and eighty-two. I'd get up to maybe 188 in the off-season because every summer I'd lose eight to ten pounds.

It would be fun if I were 40 pounds heavier and a little bit faster to get in and play some linebacker.

When I was playing football, I was getting up to 240 pounds, and they wanted me to get to 260.

I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.

When you're 250 pounds, you can push more people around, but you can't move as fast or jump as high.

I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.

Sometimes I wish I could just fight at 155 pounds.

The worst 24- to 36-hour period of my whole camp, the part I like the least, is the part where I've gotta cut 13 to 15 pounds of water weight.

I can easily cut 10 to 15 pounds without feeling like I'm killing myself.

I can eat whatever I want, and I don't get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big, and when it gets closer to the fight, they're walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at.

My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that, it opened the door for a 145-pound division.

I wrestled at 165 pounds in college. I would actually cut from 205 pounds down to 165, and it wasn't really a big deal for me. With me wrestling all of the time, my body got used to it.

I can easily fill out at 135 pounds and feel good.

After a weigh-in, you drink and put on the pounds. But it's just fluid, not muscle, so you get in the ring and feel flat.