Jake Peavy Quotes

I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball.

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

All the truly great players have had to demonstrate their importance and value in the most difficult competition of all.

When I moved to Mississippi, I was playing in high school, and there wasn't a lot of talent around me. I figured out that I wasn't going to be able to get to the bucket a lot anymore.

I'm becoming a more complete player where I believe I can compete more week in, week out, especially in major championships.

Many athletes are seeking new and novel ways of pushing their limits, and the challenge of running back-to-back races is certainly one way to test the boundaries.

I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition.

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.

Everything I was, physically and mentally, that's what I put on that field.

I play football in training all the time with my male friends, who are also professionals. But playing together in competition? I just don't see it. We have the ability, we have the technique, we have the tactical understanding, but there are physical limitations. You can't get away from that.

My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.

Every kid in America dreams of playing in the big leagues and they don't, just because. It's not because they blew out their knee. It's just because they didn't make it.

I guarantee you that's what Jeff Gordon does. He uses everything the fans throw at him to stoke his fire and it drives him to be better at what he does.

I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.

I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me.

God's given me so much talent, and my height doesn't define my skill set. I believe that God has given me a right arm, and for some reason, even though I'm 5'11", to be able to make the throws and make great decisions on the field and all that.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

You can only do so much in the gym or pool. Seventy per cent of it is physical, but the final 30 per cent is down to the mental capacity to actually control what you can do in competition.

I think with racing, you never stop improving. If you want to improve, you will.