Jaromir Jagr Quotes

How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.

People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.

To me, a hockey player has to be every sport rolled into one: ice skater, baseball player, football player, etc. It's just incredible to watch!

I can get runs much faster if I stay there in the middle to give bowlers more time and cushion.

I played basketball my whole life. It definitely helps. It translates to going up for rebounds and going up for balls in the end zone. Quick feet. It helps with getting in and out of your cuts. It definitely all translates to football.

I think I play well getting up and down the court.

F2's much harder physically on the arms and almost on the whole body than F1 is.

Foot work, hand-eye coordination. There's a lot of things. If you just watch basketball, you can tell where it would help someone who's receiving the ball.

Football is always moving and you've got to keep up with it.

I have always been comfortable in possession, but it is tracking and tackling that I have been working on.

I'm adding moves to my post game. I'm really working on staying low. I'm working on my strength overall, especially my legs. That's going to help me defensively as well.

In college I played power forward because I was one of the biggest guys on the team and my versatility allowed me to do that.

I'm a basketball player - I rely on instincts and IQ.

Basketball players want to be comfortable, they want to be lackadaisical, they want to make the right passes and take the right shots.

I like to jump around, and it takes a long time for people to catch up to me sometimes.

You have to create a habit of finding the right positions and knowing where the ball's going to bounce to.

Snowboarding requires lower-body strength.

Speed has always been there in college football.

I want to be shooter, be competitive, go to the net, so it has changed, but it hasn't changed that much. It's more skating than it used to be for sure.

It's good to defend a player that's as fast as me because I have to learn.

It's good to score, but there are some other things that are important in basketball too.

When the ball is up in the air for a rebound you always have to be on your toes to go up for the ball. It's the same situation in football as a receiver; I'm always trying to get the ball at the highest point like a rebound.

It's a hard game, boxing. You're up every morning running every day, you train in the afternoon, you're dieting, you're up and down in weight and it can wear you down.

If an athlete like Michael Jordan played tennis, he would be the best - he's flexible, not too bulky, and has unbelievable hand-to-eye coordination.

There are a few moments in every game when I will have to sprint and use my explosiveness to win.