Athletic Awareness Quotes

When I move to second after playing right field, I feel like my action has gotten too deliberate, and I have to switch back into that quicker, boom-boom infield mode.

I guess the way I describe it is when basketball players talk about being in the zone and they feel like they can't miss. That's the way a running back feels when the game is in slow-motion. It feels like every cut is right, every run is going to be at least 10 yards. You see what the defense is doing. You know what they're trying to do to you. It's awesome.

In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player.

I can see things before they happen on the court.

Friends sometimes ask me, 'When you get the ball what are you thinking?' But you do not have time to think. You have to do it. It's not instinct; that's not the right word, but it's how you feel in this moment. You sense it. It's trained, but it's trained inside you. It makes you faster in the moment.

I try to look up as quickly as possible, try to read the situation, but football is so quick, it's just a split-second, and then you decide.

You need to go near to the people and actually sensitize them about the sport - specifically running. If athletes can go near their fans, many people would develop a love for running.

There is a certain way that I play. You just have to have a feel for it. That's something you have to feel as a football player.