Quotes About Athleticism

I used to play as a 'goleiro-linha,' it's a goalkeeper that plays a lot with his feet.

You can't get big in hockey. You need to be pliable... they've even taken fighting out of the game, so there's no more of those big huge guys who just fight.

Nobody can stay in front of me, plus I'm strong, so I can get to the hole and finish at the same time.

My durability is just something I took a lot of pride in, that I was able to play 70 games over and over and over and they add up to 1,200-and-something games, plus the playoff games, plus whatever.

Daniel Jones is a guy who has some escapability, can get outside the pocket.

It's a part of my game, something I've done since I was a little kid. Whenever I have an opportunity to do it, I feel comfortable outside the pocket. Big plays happen that way.

I'm a natural pocket passer.

I'm pretty confident in my ability to get out of the pocket, be fast and run on the field.

I can maneuver if I need to but I'm deadly in the pocket.

Adrian Neville, who's my best friend, I rode with him on the road. He was the most crisp, athletic, poignant guy - never missed a step. It was insane. I had never seen anybody who could move in a wrestling ring like him; it was like second-nature to him. Flips - name it - agile jumping in and out of the ring effortlessly to the top rope like crazy.

It's natural to me. I played point guard my whole life up until my senior year of high school. Most people don't know that. It's just in my game.

Being from New York, everybody's a point guard. Even when you play in the park, you've got to know how to handle the ball. If you can't handle the ball, you can't really play.

I feel like I can play point guard for any team in the league and average a double-double.

I know what I can do and I know I can pass the ball. I know I can be a true point guard and I know I can score also.

If you're not a scoring point guard, people don't think of you as highly. They don't think of you as the type that's going to make an impact in college because you're not trying to score 20 points a game. You're more trying to get 10 assists.

I'm a playmaking guard, a pass-first point guard.

The kind of climbing I like is fast and as free as possible of gadgetry.

I know this sounds arrogant or cocky or like I'm selling myself, but even on the court now, I don't think anybody can stop me. I just have that much confidence.

I think the Divas Champion is the perfect combination of athleticism, beauty and brawn.

I've got personality. And I can actually fight. I think that combination alone sells.

I was always more of an athlete. I like to compete.

Amanda Nunes - I've been telling people that forever - she could compete with a lot of the male bantamweights in American Top Team.

When I'm healthy and competing, I'm just a different type of player. That's the type of player everyone fell in love with.

As an athlete, as a competitor, any person would tell you they're the best. I truly believe that in myself.