Athlete Quotes

I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.

I do a lot of media work, I've been investing and I'm involved with real estate. It's totally different from what I had been doing but I find it challenging and fun. To be honest, I really don't miss the track. I pretty well accomplished what I set out to do and it was time to move on.

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

I think that every single person should play sports.

Always educate yourself.

He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling.

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

When I'm on the court, I'm a follower.

One thing I always tell people. If you want to be gold medalist, you partner one.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.

In the game of football, you can never be too sure of anything.

I like to win, I like to compete and I like to sack the quarterback. I imagine there's a team out there looking for that.

I am critical of myself.

When you're going bad, sometimes you need to relax more. I've always been intense. I didn't need to be more intense.

When I played, I had a natural ability to jump and run, and I just wanted to get bigger and heavier.

What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better.

It's so funny that people specify that year because in a way it was the biggest battle for me health wise.

I look at it logically. We need four wins. We're one step closer.

I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.

I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.

I don't really trust a sane person.

I never met a man I didn't want to fight.

Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.