Rory McIlroy Quotes

It's not easy, but I play with my body, and I can feel how important it is to get 100 percent fit to play. This is an important thing to play in the Premier League.

Obviously we've got a lot of science behind football these days and we've got a lot of people that can advise us on how best to look after our bodies.

Fitness is the key. You need to have strokes and stamina and agility; you need to exercise really well. On-court and off-court are equally important.

When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

When you get off five or six months, and you're not competing as an athlete, you want to get back out on the field.

I believe that, as an athlete, how you got to the age of 42 makes a big difference. I have learned about my body; I haven't gone off only talent until I was 42.

Colorado Springs is a very good place to train ahead of the Olympics. We get to compete with different partners, learn different movements, we also get to improve upon our speed, which is very essential.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

I went to Brazil to learn more about my body and my physique: what to do before training, during training, after training, even after the match.

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.

I think CrossFit is highly beneficial to any athlete, in any sport.

I didn't know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games... Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

I watch a lot of football and you hardly ever see Premier League players go down with cramp. The fitness, the intensity of Premier League football is phenomenal.

My job is to keep my players fit and fresh for the important games.

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

I wouldn't say you worry about your health when you run. I would say a quarterback as an obligation to protect yourself as a runner, whether it's getting out of bounds, sliding or getting down, whatever it might be.

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

When I was playing college basketball, I had to work out every day; it benefited me physically.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.

As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

As an athlete, I'd average four hours a day. It doesn't sound like a lot when some people say they're training for 10 hours, but theirs includes lunch, massage and breaks. My four hours was packed with work.