Quotes About Athlete

That was Pele's strength - holding people off with his arm.

I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures.

Success in the sport is, above all else, about enduring suffering.

Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day.' If you don't think that's important, you don't know what's inside an athlete's soul.

Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster.

Applying these recommendations for a 150-pound (68 kg) athlete, the possible range, excluding the U.S. RDA, would be 3 to 6 ounces (84 to 168 g) of protein each day.

Ésta es mi filosofía del entrenamiento: un deportista debería hacer, en el momento adecuado, la mínima cantidad de entrenamiento específico que proporciona una mejora continua.

Every successful athlete I have trained has lifted weights for at least part of the season.

Low body fat is an important predictor variable for total time performance in triathlon.

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

For me, skateboarding is a lifestyle. I really don't know anything different. My life revolves around skating. If I wasn't a professional skateboarder, I'd still be skating every day.

My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer.

Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.

I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

Jamal Crawford reminds me the most of myself, the way he goes to the basket. But they need leadership.

Boxing day will never be the same now that Muhammed Ali is gone.

Psychologically, for an athlete to miss a game because of injury, it's tough.

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.

Miocic has that knockout punch. I was completely dizzy a few moments when we fought.

My mom loved when I started training judo and jiu-jitsu because that wasn't hurting me. But when I took her for my first MMA fight, she was like, 'Baby, you're not really going to do this, right? To get punched in the face, please stop with that. Do jiu-jitsu, it's good, it won't get you hurt.'

Some of my fights in PRIDE, I felt tired. I would train on the punching bag and feel great but then get tired in my fights.