Bernardo Silva Quotes

I was never big or fast, but I got to play football and box.

Obviously, you have to have some physical ability to play quarterback in the NFL.

The thing about kicking is, it's not as competitive as other positions, but I feel like I am a competitor.

I'm not the biggest dude, and I'm not the fastest dude.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.

Scouts have always been surprised by the way I'm able to move at my size. How fast and agile I am.

Being faster would probably make me better at football.

I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.

In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.

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.

You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you.

As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.

The best players try to not slow down when they put the pads on.

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.

I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.

I look at our sport as the same as tennis. Male and female tennis is very, very different. The men's is more quick and powerful, and the women's is more about finesse and has more rallies - and that's the same with men's and women's football.

I think my strength is going to be my greatest attribute and speed.

I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high.

I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.

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

One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power.

I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.