Adrian Peterson Quotes

The goal every offseason is just to get as fast as you can, stay healthy.

It's really nice to be able to go into the offseason and attack the training as soon as possible.

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

Every year I try to keep in excellent shape and improve some part of my game. I play in the offseason overseas to keep my game tuned up and hopefully improve a little in some area.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

Fitness for us on match day is paramount.

My senior year I felt I put a lot more time into the offseason to make a lot more happen. Going out my senior year, I felt like I did everything I wanted to do and more. I felt like I dominated and I feel comfortable going to the next level and that I'm ready.

Coming into the offseason, when I'm training, when things get hard, I know there's guys that are across the country, training and trying to be the best in the country and trying to be the best in the world. So that just motivates me to just keep going and keep working.

I train with young guys in the offseason just to be honest and keep myself sure, to let myself know if I'm ready or will I be ready.

I was always into sports, and as a sportsperson, you need to be fit to survive and play from start to finish.

I didn't know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games... Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

If your diet is dialed in, you can train in a pretty subpar manner and still get passable results. On the other hand, if your training is fantastic but your diet is crap, you have a harder road ahead of you.

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.

I'm healthy now. I probably wouldn't say I'm at my best fitness level and I haven't played that much lately, but I'm healthy and that's all that matters.

I felt good in all my fights. It's all in the preparation. I prepare myself for all of them. And I felt good in all my fights.

I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty.

As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.

I'm not saying I didn't have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances.

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.

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.

The real preparation for races is done in the off-season. I put in the hard work during the summer and fall, and I'm always working on technique so that when the actual races come around I'm ready to go.

I understand what training camp is for. It's needed. It's necessary, so it's just one of those things that you have to put yourself through and it makes you better. It gets you in good shape, so it's necessary.