Wes Welker Quotes

I do a lot of a cross training.

I work extremely hard in the weight room, and also on the court to get better and make sure I keep my body in shape.

I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.

I work a lot of conditioning and stamina.

I guess the worst thing you feel in a fight is being out of shape.

I train every day for 3 to 4 and a half hours.

I'm probably the least flexible athlete you'll find. When it comes to yoga, I can't get in the positions and I can't hold them. You have to be pretty flexible to do it. Once you get certain positions, you have to have the core strength to hold those positions. It's a pretty good workout.

When I was first introduced to CrossFit, I found it to be the hardest workout that I'd ever done. It wiped the floor with me, and I fell in love with it immediately. The results that I have seen in my strength and physicality have been unparalleled to any other things I have ever done in my more than 20 years in the fitness business.

I lift weights four times a week, usually run five days a week.

We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.

The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part.

You can always improve your fitness if you keep training.

I think I feel fortunate to have been very well educated in terms of strength and training while I was at school at Stanford, and I think our strength coaches here on the Colts do a great job. A big part of being able to withstand hits is making sure that you've got a good base.

I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.

I've been doing a lot of work with my brilliant trainer Pat Manocchia, who has a gym called La Palestra. He's trained me for every big show I've done, every demanding 8-show week role that requires stamina, like 'Sunset Boulevard' and 'Gypsy.'

You want to be in shape going into camp and be ready to go.

It's not easy, but I play with my body, and I can feel how important it is to get 100 percent fit to play. This is an important thing to play in the Premier League.

Dancing improved my fitness level and endurance.

Obviously, getting stronger is the key, and knowing how to use my body, knowing what to expect.

By the time the season's over, I'm ready to get back in the weight room and start training as far as getting stronger.

As it turns out, just hanging out around athletes doesn't actually make one more fit.

I train hard.

If I could do this until I was 60, I would. This is a great life. All I do is train, all I do is work out, and prolong my life by the training that I'm doing, the things I have to do as professional athlete.

I can guarantee you this: We will be the strongest, most in-shape Ravens team that this team has ever had.

I've got to get my cardio up. I'm usually known as the fitness guy on the Stanford team, but not 70 to 80 plays a game, so I've definitely got to step that up. But I'm all about it.