Lewis Hamilton Quotes

I think fans of the sport have a good understanding now of how fit Formula One drivers need to be.

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

Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.

When I was in top shape I'd go to the ring and show my conditioning.

My body is a vehicle for the mechanics of my sport.

I don't want to get too much on the football side and gain weight, so I'm as fast on the field.

I love doing a lot of cardio. It's not so much for the way I look. It's for how I perform. If I get in the ring with a 215-pounder, I wanna be able to keep up with him agility-wise. I take that back to my football days of being a large athlete that could move.

It doesn't matter who you are, if you've got the legs, you can hang with them.

I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players.

The fact that I am as lean as I was in 2008, I'm stronger than I was in 2008 I think I have the potential to be as fast as I was.

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

The advantage doesn't come because you can run more than someone over 90 minutes. The advantage comes when, in the tenth minute, I'm sprinting back and making another guy chase me. By the end of the game, that guy's worn down, but I can still keep going at the same pace.

For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!

I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.

You've got to stay in pretty good shape to be a pro wrestler, and all the TNA wrestlers get a bit nervous when I wrestle them because they're afraid I'll tire them out, but the Olympics is a whole different level.

To be a striker you need to be in good shape.

I'm not athletic.

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

You have to keep fit being a singer - that's part of the job. You can't do it unless you have incredible stamina.

I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up.

I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree.

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.