Gaines Adams Quotes

What inspiration will other fast bowlers have if they don't have anybody to inspire them to become fast bowlers.

Coming up as a kid, I played middle linebacker and I was very bow-legged, and I wanted to be like the legendary Dick Butkus.

Tiger Woods makes me a better athlete.

People compare me to Batistuta, and he is the player I base myself on.

LeBron James has always been the biggest one - I just love to watch him. I'm a big fan, and he's a big inspiration of mine.

When you have a coach that is a competitor, that wants to win more than anything else, it really carries over to the team.

My motivation in personal and professional life is my dad because the way he has played and inspired many other players to play cricket the correct way. He had a great professional life and has always been an outspoken man.

I don't just rely on my right hand when I'm in the ring. That's the least thing I think about. I think about the preparation I've trained for, and I try to execute. And guys can't stand up to the power. I've been blessed with that, and it's something that can't be taught.

I can learn a lot from Messi. Watching how he does things will help me a lot in future.

My father's NFL dreams never really felt like motivation to me, but it was something to aspire to. He was such a great athlete, the least I could do is try and use my athletic talent to represent my country in a different way. He represented as a Marine. Maybe I could do something to represent as an athlete.

I look up to my brother so much. I look at a lot of my competitiveness and motivation to play, and excel in, college football. It came from him.

Normal athletes couldn't do what Premier League football players can do.

Luis Suarez's always been a great role model for me. His style of play is sometimes like he's playing with his mates in the street.

The Liga is a tough league, but I'm inspired by players like Neymar and Messi. You have to work very hard to reproduce what they do, especially Neymar.

I'm more athletic than people think.

When I was young, I always enjoyed watching skilful players and trying to emulate them the same as everyone else.

I think when guys watch me play, I think that raises the level of other guys because of the way I play the game.

Beckham was the one I always looked up to - the technique, his crossing on the move or set-pieces. But as a kid, I just played with my brother. He was playing for Oldham, in League One and League Two, and he's the one I really looked up to.

As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.

My game has really picked up in the NBA.

Performing for my dad does drive me on. Especially in big games, massive games.

The year after my father died, I started football training. He was the drive for me; he was my idol. I said to myself, 'I have to run just like him. I have to shoot just like him.'

When God built Pele, he put everything that a player needs in him. He knew how to shoot, how to dribble, how to head, be physical. He had everything that a football player needs to have. It's difficult for someone to achieve what he has in football.

I feel like my game is more like LeBron's than Kobe's, so that's why I think I gravitated toward his game more.

I'm very grateful for the way that I feel when I play. I feel very powerful, I feel fast, I feel unstoppable, and that's because of my body.