Quotes About Athletics

Go back and watch my old footage, man. Go back and watch my old fights. I knocked people out at 170 pounds.

I was fighting at 125 pounds when I was 15 years old... then became a champion at 126 pounds at 25 years old.

Put on about 10 more pounds, that'd be good for me and the development of my game.

As a featherweight I was walking around at 155 pounds and would just have to cut those 10 extra pounds. I wasn't being very professional.

My dream is to be the best fighter at 155 pounds in the world.

I think growing into a frame is important, not being - in my case - 160-170 pounds.

I like to try to play around 223, 220 pounds. It's a comfortable playing weight.

Although I do have advantages in the division, 154 pounds is getting kind of tough to make.

I walk around about 175-180 pounds, and get up to about 185.

I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds.

I mean, to be honest with you, my whole career I've guarded players that have outweighed me by 30 pounds. Period, 'Melo to LeBron.

You can only get away with fighting as the lighter guy in a weight class for so long. That's what I was doing at 170 pounds.

I'm not a big man and never was. I came in at about 243 pounds and I played at times up to 260 so there was nothing I could have done to match the size of the defensive tackles.

My natural body weight is about 183 pounds. I've just always tried to keep 10 pounds of muscle on me because the bigger you were before, the more money you made. I always tried to cut at least five pounds to get to 185.

I can easily make 125 pounds.

I'm used to compete at 135 pounds, and I know I will always be shorter than my opponents.

I'm able to go to 125, challenge and win that title there, and then go back up to 135 pounds and compete with the best of them there.

I want to play at 275 pounds.

I will get in the ring and pour my heart out. I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that when the Cruiserweight Classic is over, the one name on people's minds is Johnny Wrestling.

If I'm just doing the sprints and not have such a massive program, I can really pour everything into it.

It's not just boxing I'm considering, it's K-1 too. That's something I've always liked.

Everybody asks 'would you fight Conor McGregor?' - of course I'd fight Conor McGregor but it's not because of the money. It's because he's such a huge martial artist and everybody considers themselves the best if you fight Conor McGregor, if you beat Conor McGregor. I look at it like that.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

It's tough when you don't know if you're going to play or when you're going to play. But keeping the consistency and keeping in shape is important.