Quotes About Athlete

Steve Smith is a marvelous player.

Steve Nash is just so smart. He's one of the most down-to-earth people you'll ever meet.

I even used to play as Liverpool on the PlayStation on 'FIFA' when I was 18 or 19, as Steven Gerrard, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Michael Owen, and Xabi Alonso.

I've always had little problems in my ankles when I played very hard games, they'd get very inflamed and stiff.

There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a female boxer should look like. I don't think the men really have to deal with that - to tell people they're a boxer.

I always prided myself on trying to break the stigma of the 'dumb jock.'

The rules that enabled me to compete first went into effect in 2003. They are known as the Stockholm consensus with the IOC, but I think even 10 years ago the world perhaps wasn't ready for an athlete like myself - and perhaps it is not ready now.

Once upon a time, it was hard to decipher what was more difficult to stomach: the foolish, detrimental behavior of a professional athlete or the apologists disguised as their inner circle, eager to excuse the inexcusable. And then there came Allen Iverson, who didn't make it difficult at all.

The biggest learning is that an athlete needs to know when to stop. To know that if I push beyond this, there could be a problem.

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.'

There's just something awesome about going all-out for 20 seconds and then stopping and getting to guzzle Pedialyte.

Thinking of stopping Kane one-on-one, just me, is not going to happen.

I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.

Ronda's a very basic and straightforward fighter. However, she's a masterful competitor.

At my club, Portsmouth, my foot pains were diagnosed as a strain of the syndesmotic ligament.

What we really need to do, to design, is look at the extremes. The weakest, or the person with arthritis, or the athlete, or the strongest, the fastest person, because if we understand what the extremes are, the middle will take care of itself." In other words, the extremes inform the mean, but not vice versa.

I feel like the more carries I get, the more flow I get and just keep it rolling with me and the whole offense.

I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'

I have always thought of myself as an athlete - even at the ripe old age of 52.

Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

As an Olympic athlete, I was at the top of my sport.

I'm in awe of any Olympic champion, for sure.

I'm a Golden Gloves national champion, I'm an Olympic alternate.