Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

I'm a realist and I always have been. Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.

For much of the year, you're just trying to maintain your fitness. It's not often you get a lot of time to really concentrate on improving it.

I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.

I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

Fitness of a top-class squash player is very important, and talent only can't do the job. They have to get training regularly for at least eight hours a day so that they could put some good show in a two-hour match.

It's not easy, but I play with my body, and I can feel how important it is to get 100 percent fit to play. This is an important thing to play in the Premier League.

For every player, it is important to be fit and have a good pre-season behind him.

The more in shape you are, the harder you can push yourself.

Everyone here at Milan knows that my physical fitness is among the best in the squad; I always stand out in the tests.

First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I ain't fit, I can't challenge.

I watch a lot of football and you hardly ever see Premier League players go down with cramp. The fitness, the intensity of Premier League football is phenomenal.

First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.

I don't know, I'm not in shape yet.

Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.

I try to be athletic.

To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

Obviously, it's always a good to be in shape and to be fit.

It feels good to be fit and strong.

What's important is to get into shape and then not to have to worry about it. I don't want to get on stage and not being able to do something. Not being physically fit doesn't work for me.

I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.

The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.

I'm not fond of crunches or lunges, but I do them anyway because I do see results. For me it's about being fit and staying healthy more than anything else.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.