James Spithill Quotes

I would love to be a grinder on some race yacht.

Give me a few hours, and I can teach anyone how to get in and out on a Hobie. To get to the top level of competition, however, takes years. On a 16- or 18-footer, the total weight between the two people should range from 275-295, and you've gotta be a reasonably coordinated person to be any good at it.

After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.

For years the league has thought I've been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.

My wife's an Australian and a very competitive lady, and she wants to sail in Sydney-Hobart. I say, 'We have the boat, do as you wish.' I'll let her run the show.

Yachting may call to mind champagne flutes and seersucker, but danger and risk have always been a part of the America's Cup.

I come from the 49er, where there is a high error rate in the sailing but the best sailor still wins, and that's why I'm attracted to these kind of boats.

KERS definitely helps on a straight when you want to overtake somebody who doesn't have the system.

I'm a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match.

I always said that I took a lot energy, a lot of time for me to recover and come back to the sport and join back in F1, but I would like to stay.

Sleep plays an important role in overall well-being and especially in recovery during particularly intense training.

I actually don't wear any makeup when I'm on the field. I like looking nice, but my main concern is how I play - to me, if you look and feel good, then you play good. On the field, I only wear Coppertone Sport SPF 30. I like it because it feels like I'm putting on lotion rather than SPF.

I still work on it almost every day in the gym. You have to know your body and that also means knowing when it's time to rest. Sometimes the coach will manage me and give me a day off so that I'm right for the weekend.

Supplements have always been a really big part of my training regimen.

The lighter the car, the faster it goes.

I'm trying to take wrestling to a whole different level.

I don't think about medals. I just think of bettering my own time.

When I look at the great athletes, I think of the Kobes and the LeBrons and the Tom Bradys of the world, obviously they take rests and recover, but they also continue to work, too. Working out and keeping up with that, with your conditioning, is another part of health and keeping your longevity throughout the years.

When you get traded, the first thing you have to do is self-reflect and think about how you can get better. It has only helped me become a better player and think the game through.

I like to look after myself, so that's stretching or ice baths, and as soon as I get home, I just sleep anyway; it's all part of recovery.

When I was leaving WWE, I'd started becoming interested in applying parkour to the matches and using the ring environment in fun, new ways.

Being under the lights makes any race track that much better.

The first thing I said to Chase Elliott when I was in Iowa at a same race as him, I told him, and he was humble as his father is humble, I said, 'Look, you can't be happy just to be here. Don't be saying, I can't believe I'm here. You're here because you're good. You've got to go out now and win.' I always tell young guys that.

To recover from workouts I typically drink a 20-gram protein shake, float in the pool for 15 minutes, then do a hot-and-cold tub contrast soak.

Toyota is doing a neat job coming in to the sport - no one ever thought that there would be a day when Toyota would participate in an American-made, American-born sport like Nascar but they're doing a fantastic job.