Ron Atkinson Quotes

If I have my feet under me, I'm a much better passer.

Everyone should dance more. Everyone should walk more.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body.

If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.

'Tree Fu Tom' is a truly interactive programme because it is designed to help children get up off the sofa and physically move, which is a very important part of children's development.

I've always had a knack for hitting the mark perfectly. Even when I'm walking or running, I'm very good at not having to look down.

I'm moving around; doing stuff. I can walk. I can even run.

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

I think overall body awareness and knowing exactly where I need to be makes a big difference. Knowing how much weight to put on each foot or where I need to put my hands are things I'm very good at. Obviously with the wrestling background those are things that come naturally.

When I play, I play with my feet and with my head also.

Football is not a contact sport, it is said: it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

More than anything I prefer the ball on the floor. I think I play my best football on the floor. There is a delicacy to this big giant.

Dancing is all about your core.

My father was a footballer. I used to play a lot as a kid, but not like a team or something, just with my family having fun. It makes your legs stronger and helps your co-ordination.

It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.

My mom tried to get me on ballet. 'Walter Payton did it! Walter Payton did it!' I'm just not messing with ballet.

As long as I can remember, I've always kicked a ball.

I play football like I dance.

If I can walk, I can play.

Everyone needs to move - if you're a pro athlete, a contortionist, a computer programmer, or just somebody who wants to play with their kids.

You can't have problems with hand movement, if you're going to be a good putter.