Quotes About Athleticism

I think I'm one of the fastest and strongest lightweights out there.

I have a strong arm. I wouldn't say strongest in world but it's stronger than a lot of guys and I'm not afraid to say it.

The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was.

Training-wise, I don't have an extreme plan I stick to. I know what I have to do, I know the goal. But it's not really structured. That's the beauty of road cycling. It all depends on the conditions on the day and where you are in the world.

When you play Leeds, you need players who are quick and who are capable of beating opponents as they like to set up one-v-one.

I love showing off my skills on the pitch. You can make opposing players look stupid.

We center backs had to cover a lot of ground, and we had to be very physical with the opposing strikers.

I can explode from both stances as a fighter. I can get up into my southpaw, give one good jab, sprawl, then get up into my orthodox, sprawl, go into southpaw and jab.

I think we're in a new era of baseball where it's not OK to have a lumbering slugger in the corner of the outfield not catching the ball, and not taking the extra base.

I always needed a physical outlet, this is always who I've been.

You look at the Harry Kanes: although he's absolutely ruthless inside the box, he also scores goals outside the box.

I think I give off a strong energy. I'm 5'9, I'm pretty athletic and I'm pretty outspoken.

There's one thing I'm really good at, and that's hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I'm excellent.

I think overall body awareness and knowing exactly where I need to be makes a big difference. Knowing how much weight to put on each foot or where I need to put my hands are things I'm very good at. Obviously with the wrestling background those are things that come naturally.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson is not an overpowering guy, but a good pass blocker.

Dumas was possibly the strongest man in the French army.… In the riding school he liked to stand up in the stirrups, take hold of an overhead beam, and lift himself and his horse bodily off the ground.

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.

His triceps were particularly awesome; when he raised his arms they hung down like glistening shark's bellies, solid curves of human steel.

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

Football is an art form in itself. All sports are.

It [ballet] projects a fragile kind of strength and a certain inflexible precision.

We all have different athletic strengths, but I bring a mentality, a physical toughness, an attitude, that they do not have, that helps me with the athleticism.

It may well be that we, spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able truly to see, articulate, and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence.