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Quotes About Athleticism

I love how I look. My favorite body part is my butt because that's where we get all our power from, and that's what keeps me going up and down the field and drives my explosiveness. I kind of have a bubble butt, but it helps me do what I need to do!
~ Kelley O'Hara
Kieran Tierney is a lot like Ashley Cole in the way that he bombs up and down the flanks and that he is also so physically strong. He plays every game as well. He is not the tallest but he is a fighter and he is strong. He crosses, gets back and defends. He is a very good player.
~ Kolo Toure
I can run up and down, shoot threes, or go inside. I can also get involved by setting screens and rebounding.
~ Anthony Bennett
I think I play well getting up and down the court.
~ LaMarcus Aldridge
I never saw war, so that is still my vision of manhood: Unitas standing courageously in the pocket, his left arm flung out in a diagonal to the upper deck, his right cocked for the business of passing, down amidst the mortals. Lock and load.
~ Frank Deford
My father is strong in his legs, and I think I get that from him. I am stronger there than in my upper body, but that is what gives me a low centre of gravity. It makes it harder for opponents to get me off the ball.
~ Luka Modric
I have butt muscles, thigh muscles, and then my upper body is super skinny - except for in my shoulders, which you need for a little bit of strength to hold other players off the ball. So I think I've developed muscles 100 per cent from just shooting the ball and running. Every single thing about my body looks like soccer.
~ Christen Press
No disrespect to Kyle Orton, who's been solid and stable for both the Broncos and the Bears, but I think the upside for Tim Tebow is greater right now.
~ Terrell Davis
It's the feeling of total control. When you are properly trained, your body works hard — but when you move, you do not suffer. That's the feeling I am looking for.
~ Ueli Steck
I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.
~ Frank Lampard
And people are always saying he deceptively quick, deceptively athletic, and I don't know if that's just because I'm Asian or what it is, but obviously there's going to be stereotypes that you have to fight.
~ Jeremy Lin
I'm the Black Steve Nash.
~ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.
~ Jim Brown
You want to stick with one sport and master one thing and be good, yeah, you might be able to go to more combines, but the life experiences and athleticism you get from playing three sports or whatever will stick with you and help you progress.
~ Giancarlo Stanton
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
~ Earl Campbell
I go hunting for my opponents high up the field, and I put stock in physical one-on-ones and winning individual duels.
~ Giorgio Chiellini
If you feel like you're wearing something that you're stoked on, I feel like it actually makes you want to skate better.
~ Nyjah Huston
What I wear - my pants, my shirt, my shoes, everything - has a lot to do with me being stoked on the way it looks when I'm looking down at my board, because obviously when you're skating you're looking at your feet the whole time.
~ Nyjah Huston
I even steal bases. I hear all the time that I'm slow, but hey, I have 66 stolen bases.
~ Yadier Molina
I have an excellent body, not an extra gram of fat. A washboard stomach.
~ Alexander Ovechkin
Adama Traore and Diogo Jota are incredibly fast and difficult to stop.
~ Jan Vertonghen
Any excuse to throw a rider out of a race is OK by me, but not that kind of inborn lack of athletic skill. That's not what racing is about.
~ Tim Krabbe
Athletic success is the result of knowing what to do, the willingness to do it, and the drive to continually improve at it.
~ Tim S. Grover
I want to work with kids and help develop them, show them the right way, the right morals and attitude into how to become a better footballer. Australia has many different cultures but I'd like to bring in the indigenous style, bring their competitiveness, athleticism and raw ability into the frame.
~ Timothy F. Cahill