Alistair Overeem Quotes

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.

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

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.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

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.

When I raced, I had great parents, even a greater coach and a nutritionist. I was never insecure.

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

No Indian wants their sports persons to get left behind or any particular sports to get left behind.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.

Having my dad play for the Falcons, what it did was really to expose me to a whole bunch of other elite-level athletes, which I think gives me an advantage and allowed me to understand what goes into sports. It is more than going out onto the field and going out onto the ice and competing.

To be competitive on the court is just a fun thing.

It doesn't matter who you play - you can win against anyone; you can lose against anyone.

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

It's not easy to be a footballer.

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.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.

Tennis is a very interesting world. It's a sport of opportunities, but it's a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue to progress, they have to understand what those challenges are.

Every moment, every practice, every game, everywhere; I just love competing. Competition is in my DNA.

I am coming to the part of my career where I want to play more football.

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

Having your competitiveness and your desire as an athlete called into question is, for sure, frustrating.

When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home and do whatever I want, but you still feel an emptiness.

Everything is always equal between every player; no one is ahead of anyone. Sometimes one player plays, then others play. It's normal at every club, not just Barca.

It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage.