Jonathan Brown Quotes

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

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.

A gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics is what I'm looking for. I have to pace my training in such a way that I'm at my best in Rio, and when I'm in form, no opponent can come in my way.

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

I'm a naturally very competitive person and I've been competing in triathlons throughout 2012 to keep fit and keep my mind sharp.

You don't want to get too far ahead of yourself; you just want to take care of your body and make sure you're doing the right things to give yourself a chance to get through the season.

I just enjoy training. I enjoy being there, enjoy coming into games and training sessions where I can feel that I'm as good or better than the players I have to play against or with.

A fit player has good and bad times during a season, and you have that in rehab, too.

Once I've got my legs under me and I'm fit and healthy, I'm a hard, hard man to beat.

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running. And my event was the 400 hurdles. I ended up qualifying for state. But looking back on it, track was hard.

I'm fit, but I need to get even more fit to compete with these guys every week.

I know what I'm capable of doing. I just want to stay fit and healthy and let my football take care of itself.

I believe it when I say I can beat anyone if I have a great training camp.

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

I just need to concentrate on each event and accumulate a good score, and hopefully I won't flop in the 800 m. in Gotzis.

I do a lot of things well, I'm very athletic, I play against guys who are also very athletic.

I've trained since I started walking, I've played sports, I've competed. I've learned how to win, even if I haven't done it as much as I'd like.

I never counted on playing rugby: I was just another fat kid chasing an egg. It has gone pretty well.

Triathlon is a sport where the legacy is obvious. Anyone can do it; there are loads you can do. It is a massive participation sport. You can do it as a challenge, for charity or whatever. I believe it will continue to grow, and I will look forward to that happening.

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.

When I was playing street hockey, I really thought that I had some skills!

Soccer was probably the most fun game I've played because I never walked away feeling like I had a bad game. If you play a position in soccer where you can out-hustle or out-work or out-prepare somebody, it is a lot easier to walk away from the game and say, I gave it my all. I could always try. I could always hustle.

Any time I'm healthy I feel like I'm the best defensive player in the NFL.

Running is just a game to me.

I've definitely got better over the years at conserving my energy in pre-season - at knowing what to focus on and what to let go.