Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

I'm an athlete, but I'm not a runner. I'm 5-foot-8 and stocky - not exactly a runner's type.

I'm just naturally quite toned. My dad was like a body builder, so I've got my dad's body. Not all of it, thank God.

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

It's not really in my genes to be walking around looking like a body builder.

I've always been round, strong, and muscular.

I'm more athletic than people think.

I'm super athletic and I love to work out, and obviously I need to workout for my industry as well, but I love learning something and developing that skill and feeling strong. Girls who can kick butt are hot.

I was naturally muscular from Day 1.

No one should ever bring my muscular build up and think it is going to have something to do with my output in the fight.

I've played lacrosse players, football players, basketball players. I think that's just because of how I'm built. I look young, and I'm also a big person.

I had an athletic body my whole life.

I've always been athletic and fast.

Big E, he's a strong dude. Ryback's a strong dude. But if you put Batista next to those guys, he was 6'6'', 320 lbs. Those guys are pushing 6'1''-6'2''. But Batista was wide. He was a big old dude. Those guys could beat him in a bench press contest, but I'd rather look like Dave.

I don't have a muscle body. I don't have a chiseled frame.

I wouldn't say I'm the chunky lad who just goes barge, barge, barge, but being strong is an advantage.

I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

You don't have to look like an Under Armour mannequin to be an athlete. A lot of people probably think I'm not athletic or don't even try to work out or whatever, but I do. Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody.

I used to be known as one of the strongest guys on the planet.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things.

I carry a lot of muscle easily.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athletic body.

I like to be strong.