Quotes About Athleticism

Paulinho provides pace, strength and quality goals in the middle of the park.

I think my mental toughness, athleticism, and my physical prowess, I'd be successful if I decided to fight, no matter what.

I was a much better player in Europe than I was in the N.B.A., and lot of that had to do with feeling comfortable psychologically and believing in myself.

I think I'm a good passer and can make plays, but there's definitely a knack to putting the puck in the net.

I like to play the puck. I like to be creative a little bit around my net, and now it's been taken away.

I would go for the biggest guy on the team, dump the puck in. I would chase after it because I was very fast. If I wanted to get a big hit, I would have to leap into the guy. The guy would be maybe a 6-3 defenseman, 220, I would leap into this guy and plow him over. He would just fall to the ground. That was my thing.

It's just part of me, playing the puck.

I just try to attack the rim as hard as I can. Try to get the crowd pumped up a little bit.

Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.

I think CM Punk is a hell of an in-ring performer.

Lita was the perfect blend of pretty and punk, Lucha with a gothic edge and a high-flyer who could take on anyone, anytime, anyplace. She truly was ahead of her time.

I had always been proud of my body - its strength and grace enabled me to pursue my passions.

I love Forlan. He runs a lot, shoots with both feet, puts pressure on and he is intelligent and fast.

As a former player, I have a real appreciation for a guy like Aaron Rodgers and how much time he puts into his craft and how good he is doing it.

Mick Jagger is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived, just for how much he puts into it onstage.

When you see pictures of Gordie even at 50, you could see he was just a powerful man. You see Patty Marleau and he's built too. He's very durable because he's so strong, very flexible, but ultimately he puts in the work during the offseason. He doesn't take a day off and he's always trying to get better. He never takes a second off.

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.

I'm not the most athletic guy who is able to make these crazy layups or dunk all over people. I'm more of a shooter, floater, lane guy - not too much flash. But it gets the job done.

I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.

I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor.

I'm the guy with a lot of energy and the guy who likes to run the floor all the time.

I'm not a cerebral player. When I'm out on the floor, I try to play.

My personality, if I was healthy enough to play, I'm going to play! I felt that at 75, 80 percent, even if I had a sprained ankle, if I'm out there on the floor, I could be Deion Sanders.

The bruisers and the bump-and-grind guys, use your athleticism on the floor, try to wear them out - run them through a lot of pick-and-rolls, run the floor, do a lot more athletic stuff just to try to wear them down.