Theo Rossi Quotes

They say 'you've over trained, you've left it in the gym' is the most common phrase used in boxing but my god it is the truest.

I discovered years ago that the best results in this respect could be gained by running 100 miles weekly at my near best aerobic efforts and that, supplementary to this, running as many easy miles as I could

I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

I go to the gym three times a week and do Pilates three times a week, but not for more than an hour. It's not healthy.

My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long.

I started daily training at the age of 14. When I was 16 years old, I was running twice a day.

At Milan, Kaka used to work even when we had two or three days off. And our fitness coach, Daniele Tognaccini, made him run.

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

I usually suggest that people do their steady-state cardio on the days that they're not with me; they really don't need a cardio babysitter. When working with athletes, I try to pair the interval with the exertion patterns of their respective sport.

Triathletes can push themselves quite hard, and I have seen people collapse on a barrier or pass out on a bike.

It's great to have an honest course where you can use your strength. I swim 10 hours a week, I bike 20 hours a week, and I want to be able to show that.

I think our sport evolves as the talent evolves and the mindset evolves.

Guys are bigger, stronger, just like in singles, serving bigger, returning better, and more athletic for sure. I think from my standpoint, just spending more time in the gym has enabled me to hang in there.

I think most people don't need as much cardio as they think they do.

I can train harder and put myself through more punishing efforts now than I used to do, having done the Tour de France, and come off the road now.

The way CrossFit is - anyone, on any given day, could beat you.

As soon as we wrote the beat for 'Romeo,' I knew it was a running song. I was thinking about it in terms of the body. What do you want to do? It's not a song you want to dance to.

Do cardio throughout the year at least three days a week for at least 30-40 minutes, whether it be first thing in the morning on an empty stomach or after a post-workout protein shake. Cardio won't kill your gains as much as you think; you'll see how much muscle you really have.

Regardless of how I feel, I always push through all of my workouts before I get ready for the game, because even though I might not like it then, even though I might be a little tired or fatigued, in the long run, it pays off.

The only 'special supplements' I'm using is two hard and bloody trainings per day, five days a week.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it's just a constant weight cut.

Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.

I need to get better as a player, I need to get fitter, and I need to get better on the mental side. It's exciting for me, because there's so much I could do better. I don't feel like I've really maxed out any shot. People talk about my serve, but I think that can even get better.

I don't count my situps. I only start counting once it starts hurting.