Rivaldo Quotes

First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.

I don't know, I'm not in shape yet.

I have always maintained a high level of fitness, and that is why I am still able to handle the demands of playing in the Premiership. People have always commented on my fitness, and it's something I pride myself on.

I had discipline in other areas but certainly not in athletics.

In many ways, I feel I'm still as physically fit as I was 20 years ago because I've always been athletic.

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.

I just hate being out of shape.

I guess I have a reasonable physique for the sport I do.

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.

Quality training is what I do now; before it was a combination of both quality and quantity. Now I'm not trying to be a world-class athlete, I don't need to train at that level. It's about being fit, fit for life.

The fact that I am as lean as I was in 2008, I'm stronger than I was in 2008 I think I have the potential to be as fast as I was.

I don't have time to be that girl who does the super workout. But I try to be as fit as possible, given my schedule. Even if I do 20 minutes a day, it's better than nothing.

I always kept myself fairly fit.

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids.

If you really want to get in shape, you can't have those days where you feel weak.

I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.

Let's face it: I look pretty out of shape.

I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.

I've got lots of stamina; don't worry about that. I cycle every day - it's OK.

I walk an 11-minute mile without huffing and puffing.

I am quite a physical chap - I think that's why my waist and physique are pretty much the same as when I was a kid, although my chest is a lot bigger.

I'm not in shape.

I am not a man in decent shape.