Quotes About Athleticism

It was the same with his glutes, substantial and strong and set high to power what often appeared to be an effortless skating stride.

Usually conducted in his long athletic underwear and bare feet, he often curled his toes up as if making a fist and held the position tensely the whole time he was talking to us.

Like all the Van Holtz males, Ric was tall, well-built with a slightly overdeveloped diver's body, and handsome. Yet handsome was only the first stop on the beauty train for Ric, who managed to head all the way into the station for The Land of Gorgeous.

The first time I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov it was like he had an anti-gravity machine in his pants. He would jump and stay in the air for 10 minutes.

I think you can be athletic and intellectual at the same time.

Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs all the time.

He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.

The goal of all dressage riding should be to bring the horse and rider together in harmony...a oneness of balance, purpose, and athletic expression.

privileged to share in the athletic power of a large and dangerous animal willing to be controlled by the small, frail strength of a mere human being.

there's a difference between when this happens in an artist's studio or on the tennis court versus inside the barrel of a fifty-foot wave. When you tap into that much force while pushing the absolute limits of human performance, that's more than just an imaginative breakthrough—that's bending reality to your will.

I'm girlie in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and man food.

Pelé, otro genio con unas condiciones extraordinarias. Era derecho, pero hacía cosas con la pierna izquierda, paraba la pelota como si tuviera un muelle en en el pecho, cabeceaba como si tuviera un martillo en la cabeza, regateaba para los dos perfiles, tiraba de media distancia era estratega, era goleador, un jugador completísimo.

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.

Speed in tennis is a strange mixture of intuition, guesswork, footwork and hair-trigger reflexes. Many of the players famed for quickness on court would finish dead last in a field of schoolgirls in a race over any distance more than ten yards.

I want people to perceive me as a guy who wants it. That I play the game with passion and desire. That I'm athletic, that I'm fast, and I'm relentless.

As naturally athletic as I'm gifted to be, where certain things came easily, I always rely on my brain first.

If LeBron James, Phil Mickelson, or Reggie Bush had to rely on personality to make it in this world, they'd all be incredibly athletic rodeo clowns.

We all have faults in life. Mine is that I sometimes rely on my athletic ability a little too much. When I'm having success and things are going good, that's the lull that I fall into. It's my worst enemy.

I want people, when they remember me, to think of the Hall of Pain, when I was catching guys, 275 pounds. Picking up Big Show, close to 500 pounds, over my head and driving him through a table.

I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

I'm really high on Josh Allen. He reminds me of Ben Roethlisberger. He's got the big arm. He's a very good athlete.

To know how far I've come as a person and an entertainer and a businesswoman, I just hope I represent independence and intelligence and athleticism - everything that a woman should want to be.

Drew McFedries was the hardest hitter I've ever been around. A big, strong, athletic guy with power. He didn't have to hit you with a hard shot or load up - even the little short shots could hurt you.

My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice.