Quotes About Athleticism

I am tall and naturally built for action, I think.

My speed as a tall guy is deceptive. You look at me and I might not look fast, but when I go out and play, people are left scratching their heads like 'Where did that come from?'

When I first started playing basketball, my coordination was horrible! I went into high school at 6 feet and left at 6-7 and then grew another inch in college. Catching the ball, it was bad. I've always been pretty athletic, but when I got really tall, I just felt awkward.

I've always felt comfortable on the ball, and I don't know why people are so surprised when you can control it well. It's not a disability. It's just that I'm a bit taller than everyone else.

Michael Owen isn't the tallest of lads, but his height more than makes up for that.

My legs are ice skaters' legs. No tan in sight.

That's something I kind of started Week 1, so when it got to where I'm getting a little beat up, I have a routine already for getting my body back together. Just getting in the cold tank, making sure you're getting massages.

Horses have powerful legs- but that doesn't mean they're prima ballerinas. Elianna to Mariketa.

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear. When I took the Hellcats job I was like whoa, this is a sport. Cheerleaders deserve a lot of respect for what they do.

And we all know when a sistuh gets mad, a sistuh gets athletically creative.

I just do my work, try to do everything I can. I don't weigh in all offseason. I just try to get better, be in better position, be an athlete.

The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.

I noticed the more muscle I put on, the more cushion and padding I had, the better my performances were getting. I decided I could be this little, stick-thin thing out there and be hurt all the time, or I could show my athleticism, and if it comes with a little bit of weight on the side, it is what it is.

If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

My body is one that kind of looks at weights, and then all of a sudden, I have muscle.

I feel comfortable in the air, me as a person. I feel very in control of my body. You can toss me from the weirdest angle. I just know where I'm at. I don't even know how to explain it.

Woodley has tremendous athleticism, brings a lot of technique - well-rounded fighter.

Whether it's fight off my front foot, fight off my back foot, pick shots off, roll shots off, potshot, put combinations together, I feel like I'm a pretty well-rounded fighter. Whatever the situation calls for, I feel like I have the tools on my belt to bring it out.

I'm trying to just up the ante, play well-rounded both in the run game, pass game, keep doing my thing when I get the ball and make guys miss.

At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers.

Monday to Fridays I'm practically an athlete every hour of the day.

I'm two-footed. I prefer to dribble with the left and shoot with the right.

More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

The Premier League is very strong, physical football, and I am not a strong player.