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Quotes About Athleticism

Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.
~ Shaquille O'Neal
If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren't as young as they used to be.
~ Kobe Bryant
This is what makes this team so dangerous: at any time in the game, even after they've gotten hit in the mouth all day, they're still that explosive.
~ Michael Irvin
Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. a beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.
~ Martin Amis
The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of one another during the annual epidemic of the influenza or Spanish Plague which occurred in her twentieth year, she was discovered to possess every art and grace save that of earning her own living.
~ Stella Gibbons
She looked like a human racehorse.
~ Jojo Moyes
I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.
~ Dean Ambrose
Sometimes I relax on defense and not understand I can't do that. Night in and night out, you're playing some of the best point guards in the world. That's something I'm continuing to work on and continue to develop my lower body, get quicker and more explosive.
~ Trey Burke
Being relaxed allowed me to fight the way I'm capable of fighting.
~ Rashad Evans
I've got a quick release and I can throw the ball accurately as long as I bring my feet with me.
~ Mitchell Trubisky
I feel like I've always had a quick release.
~ Andy Dalton
I've got a good, quick release.
~ Devlin Hodges
I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.
~ Babe Didrikson Zaharias
I'm a line-drive hitter.
~ Nolan Arenado
Hip flexibility is genetic to a degree, and the most gifted hitters have won both the genetic and mechanical lottery.
~ Gabe Kapler
The biggest thing, when I'm hitting, is the ability to feel like I can move fast and powerfully.
~ Buster Posey
When I was playing street hockey, I really thought that I had some skills!
~ Sami Zayn
Sergio Ramos looks great to me. He always looks after himself, and he's coming back in the shape you'd expect. He doesn't let himself go when he's away on holiday.
~ Julen Lopetegui
I know how to put the ball in the hoop.
~ Luol Deng
What I can't wait to show the world when I make my NBA debut is a player who can handle, shoot, go hard to the hoop, and defend.
~ Caris LeVert
I tipped one in college and dunked in high school. I can still touch the rim. I've always been a guy who has been able to get off my feet. I've still got a little hop to my game.
~ Muggsy Bogues
It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straight-up-and-down little kid to a very curvaceous woman, and it was just horrifying to me.
~ Chaz Bono
I'm fast and I move well so I know how to come in at weird angles and keep my feet under me. I'm looking for that power shot and I might not be able to fire off anything after it if my feet aren't under me. Footwork is a huge part of my game.
~ Cub Swanson
Tevez is an absolutely world-class player. But what surprised me more than anything is the way he sacrifices himself to help the team. He works like a mule!
~ Giorgio Chiellini