Athlete Quotes

These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.

The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.

I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.

I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.

I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.

I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.

Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.

Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.

He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.

The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

Higher education must lead the march back to the fundamentals of human relationships, to the old discovery that is ever new, that man does not live by bread alone.

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the activity level being given to the muscle.

When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned.

When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing.

When doing your aerobic exercise, go at a comfortable pace until you've developed more stamina.

Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.

The circuit training program along with a healthy clean diet is the way to excellent results.

Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.

Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate.

PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success.

Muscle and water is critical in burning fat.