Scottie Pippen Quotes

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.

I am stronger than I was last year. I am throwing the ball better now in May of 2013 than I did in May of 2012 - significantly better. I got better throughout the season.

Building strength is very important, but there are many ways to do that.

I try to get stronger every year, that's part of me trying to be better as a football player.

I knew I wasn't soft. I knew I could play on this level and I knew that being in the paint was just a physical position that I wasn't strong enough for. I wanted to get myself strong enough where I could be dominant down there.

Put on about 10 more pounds, that'd be good for me and the development of my game.

If I feel there is something to help me recover better or make me a better athlete or player then I will always try it.

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

I certainly look at the modern guys and think they are a different species to when we played. They are fitter and their conditioning is extraordinary.

It is very important to me to maintain a consistent workout regimen during the season. The Bulls staff does a great job with providing me with a weekly workout, and these kept me energized throughout my rookie season. In the off season, I try to increase my strength and add new dimensions to my game.

I think I'm past any window where I'm suddenly going to become surprisingly ripped so that people go, 'Oh, my God, what happened to you?'

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

When I started lifting weights, I remember I could barely bench the bar. I mean, I'm shaking all over the place, the bar's falling, and I'm like, 'I can't lift 45 pounds,' but it just goes to show how much work I put in.

I didn't really lift consistently before I got to the NBA. In college, I would skip out on it or not do as many reps because, honestly, I didn't like it. I was like 'Man, I'm not going to put on weight, I'm always going to be skinny, I'm not going to be big as the sky.'

All good players have to do that, to learn how to get better throughout the season. Just really work on my body. Just try to stay healthy and be stronger. Just try to get bigger.

I'm fit, but I need to get even more fit to compete with these guys every week.

High school, going into my junior year, I kind of had the idea I was going to be the starting running back. I was a little smaller, so I decided to gain weight and try to get faster. I wasn't a fan of the weight room. I thought just the God-given talent would take you where you needed to go. Now I understand that you need hard work.

I'm building myself up and working hard on my body.

I want to improve every part of my game.

I remember when I was a kid rugby players were some big guys that drunk a lot of beer but now they have proper training programs and diets and all that. And the pioneers of all that is bodybuilding.

I have progressed well since switching my training to Loughborough, and I feel I still have another 30% of progress left in me before my peak.

As a cricketer - or any sportsperson, for that matter - you like yourself to be tested and get better all the time.

Always that's a goal with everybody who plays a pro sport is to get stronger and faster and work on things that you lack.

I have improved my pace without losing on the swing. That is something I am really happy about.