Athletic Prowess Quotes

When I was younger, I could carry 270 around and run go routes, and it was no big deal.

I found boxing so, so easy with incredible power, speed, and accuracy.

The inhabitants are hospitable in their way, live in plenty and dirt, are stout, of great prowess in manly athletics; and, in private conversation, bold, impertinent, and vain. In the art of war (after the Indian manner) they are well-skilled, are enterprising and fruitful of strategies; and, when in action, are as bold and intrepid as the ancient Romans. The Shawnese acknowledge them their superiors even in their own way of fighting.

When I first came in the league, I thought Jack Clark and Steve Garvey were big. Then all of sudden it seemed like everyone was that big.

At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.

Even if Mays is given every conceivable break on every unknown - defense, base running, clutch hitting - his performance still would not match Mantle's.

The difference between the good players and the great is how long they stay in their prime.

Guardiola has never been a great player; he was just a good player.

Everyday I walked on to the field I was the best center.

Messi I think is like me, he is the best in the world along with Ronaldinho.

I definitely run up right, and I've got pretty good speed.

I think I have just as much talent as anybody when it comes to the 100 or 200.

Badou Jack is a great fighter, but there is a lot that he does that I do better. I have enough power to take him out.

Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career can not be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.

Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.

There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.

I think I am good in the department of body language and fighting, and stuff like that. It's just natural to me, maybe because I love sports.

The 1500 m. record was considered impossible to break.

It wasn't about accolades, but showing that I was bred and predestined to be one of best football players to come into the league - and, every Sunday, to help my team to win.

I'm kind of like a black unicorn out there. It's amazing to watch. You go out there and you see a big, black guy running down the field, it's usually me.

Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.

Pelé was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born.

I think about the great players with whom I have shared a pitch: Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane, Pirlo, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo - and the greatest of them all is Messi.

I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

I think a great athlete transcends eras.