Olga Korbut Quotes

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.

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously.

I've always been a little kid compared to the guys I've competed against in terms of body development. I've always looked a lot younger, so naturally my body got a bit bigger and stronger. I combined that with a good work ethic, good mindset and focus.

The pre-CrossFit Rich Froning was a wuss.

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

The bigger, stronger, faster and meaner my players are, the better I coach.

I had a chance to play against the USA teams when I was a player. I wasn't on any USA team but scrimmaging against them and playing against them was a highlight.

I know that I'm not the fastest or the strongest or the best in the air, so from a very early age, I had to be positionally sound, or I was going to get beat. So you just kind of learn as you grow.

Being stronger really helped my game.

Tennis is a beautiful sport but it's also a sport where you get thrown out there into the world and it's on an international level. As an athlete and as a human being you're learning. You're a kid.

I feel like I've changed a lot since the London Games. I was really young, and it was my first year on the international stage. I've matured physically since then, and I've become stronger, and because of that, I've gained a lot of confidence.

Physically I was not strong enough to play at Celtic and I know myself it was not my best time as a football player, for sure.

It wasn't until I was about 16 that I began to grow and develop as a player.

I want to continue to expand my game a little more, build my body and work on staying strong so I can play the way I've been playing, and holding my ground the way I've been holding my ground.

Guys are bigger, stronger, just like in singles, serving bigger, returning better, and more athletic for sure. I think from my standpoint, just spending more time in the gym has enabled me to hang in there.

I've always been one of the best players with the rest but I'd rather be able to reach the shot without it.

I don't always have to dunk the ball.

I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.

I'm no slouch, but when comparing LeBron's game, I'm usually left out.

If I am at 100 percent fitness, I do not fear any competition for places in the first 11.

I never think that I have to be at top every time. Obviously, I have to do well in every game and series; that's what I try to do. I try to improve and work on the swing and variation in my bowling.

I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.

Fear is there. Anything can happen at an Olympics. I want to use the experience I gained from Athens and Beijing - the fear, too - and build a me that can't lose. I will do everything to make sure I win a third gold medal in London. That target drives me. I'm bulking up and have more power now. I'll be fighting fit to take the gold back home.

Teams from Ukraine and Russia are getting better all the time.

Tennis is a very interesting world. It's a sport of opportunities, but it's a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue to progress, they have to understand what those challenges are.