Steve Mariucci Quotes

I certainly look at the modern guys and think they are a different species to when we played. They are fitter and their conditioning is extraordinary.

I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.

Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.

My body shape has transformed as sports science research has developed. It used to be thought that footballers needed to be big and do lots of weights and little cardio.

You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.

I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.

By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody.

My mom was a professional fitness competitor, so I go into the gym with her. I train with my dad and mother. It's embarrassing, because she's really strong.

I feel like by me putting on a couple more pounds will help my game tremendously. Putting on 10-15 pounds will help me stop the run better and be a more dominant pass rusher.

It is very important to me to maintain a consistent workout regimen during the season. The Bulls staff does a great job with providing me with a weekly workout, and these kept me energized throughout my rookie season. In the off season, I try to increase my strength and add new dimensions to my game.

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.

Lifting weights is obviously important, because you want to be strong and fast and all of that, but it's not one of those things you gotta go and try to bench as much as you can every day. A bench press isn't going to help you throw a 15-yard out or a deep comeback. It's not about that. It's about training right.

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

I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.

And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers.

I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.

I think I feel fortunate to have been very well educated in terms of strength and training while I was at school at Stanford, and I think our strength coaches here on the Colts do a great job. A big part of being able to withstand hits is making sure that you've got a good base.

Let's just say I'm a physical guy.

I thought doubles was a good way for me to practice and get some reps in - I didn't like to train in the gym as much as players these days.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something I enjoy. I really like being in the gym or, certainly, on the field.

Tasha Steelz, I've watched a few of her training videos, and she is super athletic.

I remember watching World's Strongest Man as a kid, and I was just obsessed with it. At sort of five, six years old. Just watching these huge guys lift planes, pulls trains, lift stones - I was just mesmerised by it.