Athletic Limitation Quotes

I couldn't throw a knuckleball if my life depended on it.

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

Do I lack speed? Yeah, but a lot of guys lack speed.

Jesus Christ can't hit a golf ball straight. It's virtually impossible - at best it's an accident.

Throughout my whole football career, I have always known I wasn't the fastest guy.

My friends like to remind me that I have relatively weak fingers. Aerobic strength and general endurance have come easy, but finger strength has always been my biggest weakness.

I don't feel I could've played major league baseball.

I regret that I never learned how to play on the perimeter.

The boy's (Hack Wilson) got talent and desire, but he ain't got no neck.

I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

If I could palm a ball I probably could have more dunks than I have in my career, but I still can get the job done.

I still say, to this day, I could not guard Nigel Lloyd.

I'm not a super dribbler.

I've never been a scorer in my life.

I grew up with sports, but I was definitely not good enough to become a professional athlete - I just loved the storytelling aspect of it.

I'll never be in a dunk contest again. I don't ever want to be a part of it.

I can score the ball a little bit. But sometimes I put myself in a bind.

As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.

I can't palm a basketball.

I had been pulling my groins in college a lot and missed my whole freshman year of college because of groin pulls. It was chronic, and I couldn't figure it out. I went to the doctor, and he told me I had hip dysplasia. So I knew my hockey days were sorta limited at that point.

It's always frustrated me when I've seen other players able to smack balls over the bowler's head and stuff like that. I can't, though. When I've tried I've let myself down.

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.

I knew I wasn't going to be a dunker.

You know how much money I could have made playing professional football as a tight end? But I can't jump, and I can't run fast. That was my problem.