Apolo Ohno Quotes

I just want to be in the best shape I can be. Not to stand on that start line and say: 'Oh my God, I have this injury and that injury.' I just want to be able to go out and race.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

When you are playing regularly, you feel a lot sharper on the pitch.

If you train 12 months a year, you won't have any strength for the important games.

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

Athletes peak for the Olympic Games and can take months to get back up to that level.

My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.

I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at a hundred and eighty-two. I'd get up to maybe 188 in the off-season because every summer I'd lose eight to ten pounds.

People turn professional and they are not running as fast as they did in college because it is a lot different, but I wanted to make sure that I didn't have that kind of transition and always stayed on top.

I am used to training 10 to 12 sessions a week, so I have the physical and mental endurance that comes with being an athlete.

The double sessions are tough. The manager wants us to get fit, wants us to work hard. And that's because the Premier League is so tough. We need it. Something we have to do.

Fitness for us on match day is paramount.

I know that if I am playing at an all-pro level, our defense is playing well.

I'm not just a footballer; I'm a top athlete, and we have to be at the top of our game.

Put on about 10 more pounds, that'd be good for me and the development of my game.

Overall strength work - if you can do it regularly - makes a massive difference on the pitch, especially when you are fatigued. If you are stronger, it helps you deal with that.

A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.

I'm training at Phase 1 Sports in Las Vegas, and it's a very high-end training facility for a lot of top-level athletes. I have been able to add a lot of power and the endurance to keep that power going. I've always been powerful, but the muscle conditioning I've been able to add has been a tremendous amount of help.

If I'm not in the best condition, the best playing shape, I can't really do nothing for my team.

I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

I noticed the more muscle I put on, the more cushion and padding I had, the better my performances were getting. I decided I could be this little, stick-thin thing out there and be hurt all the time, or I could show my athleticism, and if it comes with a little bit of weight on the side, it is what it is.

I have progressed well since switching my training to Loughborough, and I feel I still have another 30% of progress left in me before my peak.

Being a great physical athlete is wonderful, and you need it at this level to be able to train and prepare accordingly. But the closer it comes time to perform, the ratio switches. When you're in camp, it's 90 percent physical and 10 percent mental. But as you get to fight night, it's the opposite.

I try to swim once or twice a week. I basically hold my breath for, like, 12 laps, down and back, to kind of expand my lungs so that I can have better breathing when it comes down to two-minute drives where you've got to play a lot of plays all in one series and you're hurrying up.

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