I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete - incredible. Just legendary.
First of all I'm not a fan of Twitter. Nothing against their program or what they have, but as an athlete I think you need to get off of Twitter.
Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes. They may facilitate success for an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers. Sports shoes don't win races. Athletes do.
Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.
Approximately four years ago, we were told that Jerry Rice would be a free agent and there were people who felt that he no longer could contribute.
I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
For an elite athlete the fans are everything.
You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.
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 was at 260 at Tennessee because I was playing three-technique.
Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.
The NFL has gone a long way to Disney-fy its image, but it's not Disney. It's the MMA. It's a violent, brutal human war, with rules. The same guy who says, 'I'm going to rob everybody,' is the same guy who would be successful in the NFL.
When things are tough, French athletes tend to pull out great performances.
Professional sports are something they can't control.
McGregor sells the show and fights well, he's a real athlete who doesn't get out of shape and is always training.
Sports entertainment in general, it's a very competitive business.
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.
Passion and hunger are the two ingredients that I look for in first making the judgment on - whether an athlete, an assistant coach, or a horse trainer or anybody I do business with.
I think CrossFit is highly beneficial to any athlete, in any sport.
An Australian swimmer who failed to win a gold medal is blaming her loss on social media. In her defense, it is really hard to tweet when you're swimming.
Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.
If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
For me, he is an exceptional player.
Guys are just too fast and too big in the NFL.
In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
