Quotes About Fitness

Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.

Tips-wise, I'd say drink as much water as possible, and I always think if you can do half an hour of exercise every day or, at least, get your heart rate up for half an hour every day, even if it's a power walk, it's good.

I look at fitness as a necessity in the same way as how you drink water, eat food, one should look at fitness in a dedicated way. People will look fresh and happy. If you are happy, you in a way look fit.

Eating lighter makes you lighter. No one can wave a magic wand.

In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something. Whether it's teaching me a new way to cut on a wave or teach me a three-point conversion or teach me how to dribble a soccer ball. There's something really cool about that.

You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.

It's never too late to get fit; it's never too late to feel good and confident and change the way you eat and train. Just give it a go and momentum will take you the rest of the way.

The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.

Golf and snooker are similar. They are ball games that you don't have to be super fit for. It's not like boxing or football when, at 35, you are on your way home.

I'm not in good enough shape to be Batman. I'll just be Bruce Wayne.

I think everybody during the pandemic has gone one of two ways: either you haven't paid attention to your fitness at all and you're at home and stuffing your face. Or, like a lot of people, you have become goal-oriented because you can focus on different things.

Invest in a trainer. You see the progress so quickly, and you push yourself in new ways.

I always wanted to make sure that within my unit that I was never the weak person. So I made sure that my physical fitness was top.

Most people only concentrate on their upper body and ignore their legs. It doesn't make sense to have a bulky upper body and have skinny legs. I too, fell prey to this and had weak legs.

If you really want to get in shape, you can't have those days where you feel weak.

All our lives... we are after this race of being slim or fat. I think the only classification should be if we are healthy or weak.

Remember, it won't matter how strong your chest and arms and legs are if the core of your body is weak.

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

When I'm fully fit, I have power and pace; then I feel good on the pitch.

I think every facet of running has its benefits towards a starting pitcher. I mean, you're explosive off the mound and yet you've got to have endurance.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

It's impractical to assume people aren't going to eat out or eat late or even have pizza occasionally. And all that's fine as long as you work out, even just for 10 minutes a day.