Jeff Fisher Quotes

I played professional tennis for about six years and I played football and handball in school as well.

I grew up as a swimmer. And my brother was a football player and I played football.

Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.

I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.

I used to be an athlete and even ran the 400 metre stretch for Tamil Nadu. I have always been active.

I was a borderline guy in the NFL.

While shooting 'Selma,' I would train on my off time with the assistant men's track and field coach at Georgia Tech.

I love sports. I was an athlete in high school, and my school was so small we didn't have a football team, so it's the one sport I didn't bother to learn the rules to because I never went to game.

I don't go to the gym. I've always been very athletic and kept very active. I used to run track. I literally have no desire to get a gym membership.

I was a quarterback in college. I hoped to go to the NFL, and I didn't get drafted. I then became a free agent. I could sign with whoever I wanted to, and I ended up going to Pittsburgh.

Before I got into music, I studied sport and used to run for my county.

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

I haven't been an athlete in school or college, though I have played basketball and football.

My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.

Ever since I was growing up, I knew I was going to play in the NFL. I never thought anything else.

They drafted me in the third round to come play receiver, return some kicks and that's my job. The Olympics are behind me and I'm just looking forward to helping the Bills.

I was always hugely into sport before I started boxing. I played rugby, football, cricket, athletics, swimming.

I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.

I used to practice at the hockey ground on synthetic surface while I was in the sports hostel, so Test cricket is certainly going to be a challenge for me.

I'm in the NFL now, and it's nothing like what we did at USC. Not at all. The only difference between my college and other colleges is the games we won and the attention we got because of it. Obviously being in Los Angeles plays a huge role in the publicity. We don't have a football team in L.A., so we kind of are like the pro team.

Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college.