Height Advantage Quotes

I'm really tall - almost six feet - and my features tend to be extreme, especially on TV.

I was the tallest guy in the school, and I was very conscious of being larger than anybody - classmates and teachers.

I was 5'3' when I was 15, but suddenly shot up to over 6 feet by the time I turned 18 and it was clear that an NBA career was up for grabs.

I'm pretty tall, and I'm always dressed in black.

I'm a shotblocker and I want to get everything.

I'm 6ft 7in, so I have a massive bed.

People say I'm wearing heels because I'm short. I wear heels because the women like 'em.

I was 5-foot-8 when I graduated high school, but then I shot up to 6-foot-4 and got more into playing basketball.

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.

People say that because I'm short I get a lot more skid off the pitch.

I know I can play, but people who haven't seen me and look at me on a football pitch think, 'He's tall, and he's there to head the ball.'

The best thing about being 6'9'' is that it helps with my tennis game, especially with my serve.

Some athletes aren't small, they're just short.

I was kind of forced to rebound at a young age. I was usually at the back in the press of the 2-3 zone, because my brothers were smaller than me. So I usually got most of the rebounds.

I stared at the river far below. "Why did you park us on the mountain? Why not closer?" Bast shrugged, as if this hadn't occurred to her. "Cats like to get as high up as possible. In case we have to pounce on something." "Great," I said. "So if we have to pounce, we're all set.

Usually, I get hired because I'm tall.

Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.

I've always been really tall and lanky.

Forwards are either too tall, and I'm too quick for them, or guards are too small, and I shoot over them.

I thought I was pretty average height. And then it just clicked to me - 'Yo, you're undersized.' I guess when I got older and my body started hurting, I'm like, 'I'm not as big as I thought I was.' So I always played with the mentality that I was bigger than I actually was.

Well I knew JD could go out there and knock the guy out because in training I told JD all the time that he has height, reach and size and he has the power. JD has such a right hand, his right hand is like wow, oh man it is bad.

I'm always looking at the ball and making sure it goes in. I'm not looking at where I'm at or what level I'm at in height.

I have a love/hate relationship with my height - I am 6 ft. 4 in.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.