Tiger Woods Quotes

Times have changed. The athletes have changed.

For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

I think our sport evolves as the talent evolves and the mindset evolves.

Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be fun.

Sports life is very short.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify those events. It's been a bit of a learning curve, which is good.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say that my style tennis went out of fashion.

I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long.

Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.

I don't think I was a perfect hurdler, but I guess I did win all the time.

For professional athletes, I always think about it in these terms: the most difficult diva of women's soccer would be the easiest NBA player ever.

Obviously we've got a lot of science behind football these days and we've got a lot of people that can advise us on how best to look after our bodies.

If research can help us discover cures for diseases, it surely can improve a football team. Whether it's data analysis or biomechanics, it can give you an edge - and I'd be a fool if I didn't want that edge.

The footballer's career is very long and staying on the top for many years is always very difficult.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

Coaches will say that it's not important for their team to run more, and they prefer to make games the right way. I want to make games only the right way and run 10 km more.