Quotes About Athleticism

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.

Bowling was my natural skill. I didn't know how I was doing it, but I was spinning it miles and bamboozling people.

When I'm out there flying around, blocking shots, dunking the ball, grabbing rebounds it brings everybody's spirits up and gets them going.

I like to do the splits onstage.

I can sing, I can act, my physical comedy is on point. I can do the splits.

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.

Soccer is a man's game, not an outing for mamby-pambies.

he looked like one of those whistle and clipboard types: short blond hair, icy blue eyes, Mr. Can-Do, ex-jock, fit and trim, ready to organize a sporting event or assign people to boxcars, whatever needed doing.

I try to do the fancy things out there by going with both hands, making crossover moves, and having a certain creativity and flair to my game.

Although I do a lot of aerial moves, I use many strong style moves.

I've still got a few moves from my days as a gymnast.

People talk about Kobe's 81-point game, the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. I saw the game. I don't care if it was 79, 81 - I just remember the game. I remember the moves. I remember the shots. I remember the beauty of it. The numbers? What he shot from the field? I don't care.

I carry a lot of muscle easily.

Dancers use their bodies in extraordinary ways, so we are chronically pre-arthritic, because of how we use our muscles and our bones.

I have unreasonably strong leg muscles.

Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

I know what I'm capable of and I had that chance to show that on the national team, but also, more importantly, the Summer League.

I'm happy to play as a centre forward or a second striker, like in the national team with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

I think my body was built to eat 68 hot dogs. It's natural.

Like all dancers, so much of her body fat had been converted to muscle that she needed to eat regularly.

George Burns was more athletic than you think he was. And he was a very social man--he loved people, he enjoyed life. He worked at living. Old George was a social lion, he got around and did things. That's the key right there. It starts with your brain. Some people, when they get to 60 years old have no interests anymore, have no friends left. George Burns was busy all the time doing something.

I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.

I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.

Never underestimate how profoundly marked biceps and defined traps can improve your personal style, particularly if you spend as much time in a sleeveless shirt as Nate Thurmond.