David Haye Quotes

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

I have good genes in my family, so we'll see just how long I'll be around.

I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.

I don't have one specific person that I think is the most athletic person.

The physical DNA has always been part of our family. My dad was a good boxer and gymnast; my mum is a ballroom dancer, and my brother does martial arts.

Eric has pro athletes on both sides of his family - plus, I used to play sports - so I'm sure our son will develop athletic ability.

I've always been a pretty good athlete.

I take the sporting genes from my dad.

I don't think it can be in the genes. If you see the amount of footballers, how many sons play football? Not many.

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.

I'm well-versed on the mat, but I can pick up people much bigger than me.

If you talk about natural ability, I think Apollo's probably the most naturally gifted athlete of the new era.

I wasn't a great athlete.

I'm not the best athlete.

There's definitely football in the blood, but my body made my decision for me that I was going to be an Olympic athlete instead.

I feel like MMA athletes are the best athletes in the world.

I am not because of my father, and my son Ranbir Kapoor is not because of me.

The NFL, boxing, jiu-jitsu - I did that. I'm proven at what I can do.

The nice thing about genetics is, I can see my kids doing what I used to do, which is inhaling books like breathing.

Fencing and shooting kind of came naturally. From the start, I knew that I had it in me.

When you think about mixed martial arts, you have to think about the entire scope of the athlete.

I could do a standing back flip at 13.

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.