Dwayne Johnson Quotes

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

I just used to bank on my athleticism.

The NFL, boxing, jiu-jitsu - I did that. I'm proven at what I can do.

Athletics is not like cricket; we feed on the competition and that makes us bring out the best in us.

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

I wanted to be a world champion.

Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.

I played sports in high school and in college.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

Being an athlete helps me get those grandiose emotions of pleasure and pain that are involved in sports.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

Football players win football games.

I went on and was still able to play some good hockey.

My training has been going really well these past few days and my goal is to keep it up for the next few weeks and hopefully earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

I want to win as many tournaments as I can.

My parents were athletes; they met at a track meet: they were runners.

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.

I love sports. I love being active. I love challenging myself. I was a jock growing up from the time I could walk.