Isaiah Mustafa Quotes

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.

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.

The great thing with Usain Bolt is he fell into great coaching, so his talent was exceptional from Day 1. You can coach technique and structure, but not talent.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

I am very athletic, actually, and I'm good at most sports. But I was never a successful athlete, because I have a lot of trouble with authority. To be a good athlete, you have to have sort of a military attitude. You have to enjoy being coached, and that was not something I ever liked. But more than that, I don't like practice, and coaches hate anybody that doesn't like practice. If you saw me throwing a football, you'd say, "Wow, he knows how to throw a football." But put me on a field, I'm not gonna stand out.

Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me.

I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.

I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

I grew up playing every sport.

I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner.

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

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

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.

Sometimes I think if I had the same body and the same natural ability and someone else's brain, who knows how good a player I might have been.

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

Our sport is not made for anybody to be able to play it, especially at the NFL level, so there's obviously some risk that we all take knowingly.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

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

What's wrong with being a two-sport athlete? You've got Deion Sanders. You've got Bo Jackson. You've got Michael Jordan; he wasn't a very good baseball player. There's nothing wrong with crossing over.