Quotes About Athleticism

Just call me Ninja Skier. I love the rush of speed!" "What gets you going so fast?" "My aerodynamically contoured physique?

I don't need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I'll show you what I can do.

My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it.

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

The female body is a masterpiece. Everyone likes to look at the female body, especially in dynamic, athletic sport.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows

I have no idea what I did. I heard people talk about dead leg, shake, change of pace and all that, but I did things without thinking about them.

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

Before the first workout, Joe Schultz, the manager (he's out of the old school, I think, because he looks like he's out of the old school—short, portly, bald, ruddy-faced, twinkly eyed), stopped by while I was having a catch. "How you feeling, Jim?" he asked. I wonder what he meant by that.

What's for sure is that the profile of the central defender is evolving. At one time it was all about the stopper and the libero. Today, central defenders have to be more complete.

I'm not larger than life, my personality is not larger than life, I promise you. But when I fight I am larger than life, I promise you that.

If professionalism in golf equals athleticism, then athleticism should be promoted and showcased, and that means allowing the clothes that promote it.

I ask everybody, who's the best between Magic and LeBron? Everyone says Michael's greatest. But, OK, well, we'll give him his props. But LeBron is a better athlete, and he can do more than Michael on the basketball court.

I think that I've proven when healthy that I'm a healthy part of the team.

Right backs now should be the highest paid players in every team! Strikers just have to score. Midfielders, they pass. Goalkeepers make saves. Full backs have to mark, cover centre backs and midfield, get forward and cross, take shots and provide the link to strikers.