Jay-Jay Okocha Quotes

I think I'm a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

I just used to bank on my athleticism.

I didn't have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.

I'm just a baller. This is something I love to do and was probably born to do.

All we have is our talent. That's what's great about the division, you can see things that 125-pound guys can do that some other guys can't. All we have is our skill.

Throwing a ball is not natural, whether it's overhand or underhand.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.

I think there are some players born to play ball.

When I played, I had a natural ability to jump and run, and I just wanted to get bigger and heavier.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position.

Wrestling just comes naturally to me. It wasn't like there was this moment where I said, 'This is what I'm going to do.' It's just what I did. It was my life.

Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England.

Obviously, swimming is my strength, but I'm also good at fencing.

You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.

I just always had a knack for handling and passing the rock and making things happen.

Sports is just something I have a knack to figure out how to play.

I've been blessed with great hand-eye coordination.

I catch the ball. You throw the ball, I catch it. You throw it close to me, I catch it. If you make me do something crazy to catch, I still catch it.

I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.

God has blessed me with the ability to play football.

I've always felt comfortable on the ball, and I don't know why people are so surprised when you can control it well. It's not a disability. It's just that I'm a bit taller than everyone else.

Growing up, I wasn't a big guy; I struggled to hold on to the ball.

Since I've gotten stronger, I can hold a guy off and get a rebound.