Quotes About Athleticism

I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.

I've been blessed with great hand-eye coordination.

I'm the best corner in the game!

It's quite easy in football when you can bang it into the top corner.

I prefer corner. I'm a natural at that position. Corner is my type - a bigger guy who can run.

Whenever Elway was on the field, you never counted the Broncos out.

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.

I'm effective against a lot of teams, especially when you play man coverage.

I feel like, even if a guy is covered, I can put the ball where it needs to be so we can have a successful play.

When I was a baby, if I cried, my parents didn't give me a blanket. They gave me a ball and sent me to the little court in our backyard. I must have cried a lot because I was one of those kids who could dribble and shoot at 5 years old.

I can't shoot straight-up. I've always played crooked. One of my coaches says I play backwards. I do everything backwards. I don't have coordination. It's weird to watch me play.

It's something that I dreamed of since I was a kid - to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.

I make plays. In the air, on the ground, one cut or a million cuts - I don't think it matters.

He's a magnificent ball-handler, gets to the basket, manipulates defenses, so I definitely I admire Dame and what he does for sure.

A lot of people I've played with see me as a scorer and a shooter. I'm still fast and everything like that, but then, when they see me dunk, it's like 'Oh, damn.'

Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.

I know what I bring to the table. I know my game offensively and defensively. I think I'm one of the best, if not the best, playing two-ways.

Do I want to tackle a 230-pound guy who's running like a deer? Heavens no, no one in their right mind would. But there is something that drives me and compels me to stick my head in there and give it my best shot.

David Bakhtiari is a guy I like to watch. He's an exceptional left tackle.

I do like to play and pass the ball. But first and foremost I see myself as a defender: blocking, tackling, heading.

I have always been comfortable in possession, but it is tracking and tackling that I have been working on.

You have to understand, it takes a lot of qualities to play linebacker - quickness, tackling ability and sheer force - so you just can't take someone from another position and think they could all of a sudden handle that role.