Paul Stanley Quotes

Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess.

For me, what it means to be competitive is to work hard but compete in this type of game when you need to play, you need to suffer, you need to fight.

Athletics is in my blood.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

I do like athletes as they have amazing self-discipline.

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

I threw my best to every hitter I faced, and I found I had the strength to go all the way.

I like to be just an athlete, but if I go to competition and compete, I love to be a star, maybe.

I would say that Roger Federer is pretty amazing. And Manny Pacquiao - he's such a tiny, little lightweight guy, but the way he fights makes people so excited.

That's why we all play the game. You want to be a player; you want to be out there to play.

There's ego in all of us rugby players.

You've got to do it all, the physical as well as the skilful.

It doesn't matter how pretty you look it's how many runs you get.

If a boy hopes to be a good football player, the main things he needs are brains, courage, self-restraint, coordination, fire of nervous energy and an unselfish point of view, ready to sacrifice for the team as a whole. Of course, he must have a bit of speed and a bit of physique, but then these things are taken for granted.

I train hard every day in the gym and on the pitch to show what I can do on a match day.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

My challenge is to win every match I play.

I have more respect for amateur wrestlers, especially collegiate ones, than anyone else. It's a gutsy sport with no real payoff except for knowing that you were better than someone else. It doesn't have big crowds, it doesn't have big money, but it is fun going one on one.

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I'm trying to go out there and make plays and help my team win.

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

You can't hold up in a FIBA game if you don't have great competitive spirit.

I really want to test my athletic ability, my toughness, and my skills against those guys who are in my ballpark size-wise.

For me, I love competing.