Tomas Berdych Quotes

Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.

I have a flexible body.

I pride myself on being limber.

You need to have explosive power. So you need to have good agility to move your feet quick and be in the right place at the right time. So you have to be an overall athlete: you need to be in shape to be able to throw.

I have been blessed with strong leg muscles, and dancing really exercises one's legs.

The hardest for me is rings because it is a lot more strength-oriented, while all the other events are about fluidity and flexibility. It's the one event that doesn't coincide with the fluidity, which is my strength.

My long arms help me as I try to become more versatile.

I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

I'm probably the least flexible athlete you'll find. When it comes to yoga, I can't get in the positions and I can't hold them. You have to be pretty flexible to do it. Once you get certain positions, you have to have the core strength to hold those positions. It's a pretty good workout.

I've always been an incredibly physically capable human being. I've always had good control of my body, walk a hundred feet on my hands, jump off rock wall and do a back flip into the sand. That's always been who I am.

I can still run in a straight line, and I can still throw a punch.

Your body's made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree.

I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.

When I go to the gym, stretching is very important. For polo, you don't need too much strength so you don't want to build yourself up too much. It's all about flexibility.

My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport.

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle.

I used to be able to do the Chinese splits, where you open your legs sideways.

In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.

You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance.

A big upper body is not a great thing for tennis, and for me, flexibility is important.

If you look at some of the strongest athletes in the world, they're gymnasts. And they're the most flexible. You can be very strong, very flexible, and still be able to move.

I train my entire body to be strong. To be a professional athlete, we need every part to be strong - the core, the legs, arms.

Overall strength work - if you can do it regularly - makes a massive difference on the pitch, especially when you are fatigued. If you are stronger, it helps you deal with that.

I could do a standing back flip at 13.