Ronnie Corbett Quotes

In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones.

I consider myself a decent athlete but when I started to train martial arts like Kung Fu, I realised it had nothing to do with how athletic you are. It's all mental. It's what you know, how you use it and your mental toughness and composure. It's incredible.

If you have the athletic ability, why waste it in one sport?

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

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

I was playing first-team football at Cardiff at 16.

A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.

I was a horrible athlete.

In high school I just loved to compete and play sports. I didn't have a sport that I was going to say, 'Hey, I'm going to play this at the next level.' Whatever my best opportunity was was what I was going to do.

Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

If you want to be an athlete, there's no way around it: You have to go to the gym. You can't Google your way to it.

Being athletic has really become a big part of my career.

As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.

Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.

I know that I wasn't bred to be an Olympian. I didn't start running until high school, and I just stumbled upon to.

Although I come from the world of swimming... my strong point is the running race, and it is the one I enjoy the most. It's where I have had a slight edge over my rivals.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

Technically I don't play sports because I have two left feet and I cannot coordinate and my motor skills are a bit 'out of whack.'

The truth is I have never been any good at sport, OK?

I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.

I did play flag football. I actually got my lip busted. My team was really good; we won first place in the season, and won the Super Bowl. I was one of the defense guys. I was really good.

I grew up watching the Olympics and did some athletics for my school, winning the Welsh pentathlon championship.

I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.

I played my first game of adult cricket at about eight or nine when the fifth team were short and picked me to field and bat at No 11. From then I just got the bug and wanted to play as often as possible.

I think when you train in just one sport separately, you learn more.