Athletic Readiness Quotes

Training-wise, you have to work on your weaknesses, preparing yourself properly for the game, on and off the field.

I just coach and get my guys ready.

Football, if I can say, is an everlasting new beginning. You always question yourself, but you have to be ready not just mentally but physically as well. You have to be fit and take care of your body.

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

I've tried to do everything possible to prepare myself and prepare our football team to be great.

Every player needs to be aware of the levels of fitness needed to play international cricket.

We're looking forward to a great season at the University of California - if we find a way to put cleats on their sandals.

It's always tough when you're off the ice for a while when you've got to come back because you can't replicate the type of cardio that you need to play hockey and you can't really replicate skating at all. You can run as many stairs, or bike as many whatever on your spin bike as you want, but you can't replicate it at all.

They don't work with you to get better in the NBA. Either you're ready or you're out and you go to the G-League or Europe.

In training camp, you know what each person is doing.

When I move to second after playing right field, I feel like my action has gotten too deliberate, and I have to switch back into that quicker, boom-boom infield mode.

I don't need to practise. The only thing I need to do is build up my match fitness.

We know the transfer market is not an easy period for players, for their minds, for their preparations, too, for their bodies.

When I get the ball, I have to be ready to be in scoring mode.

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

I played a lot of baseball growing up, and I always hit better if I kept moving before the pitch instead of standing still in the batter's box. I think a waggle does the same thing in the golf swing. It keeps you relaxed and gets your body ready to hit the ball.

I was kind of unproven. I didn't play in a high-profile school, and with that comes the notion that, 'He's not ready.' I felt I had questions to answer. Was I going to be ready to play against elite-level athletes?

When I first moved to the bench, it was a little tough to adjust to, but I've just recalled last season when I first started. Just taking care of my body and knowing that there could be a random time that I'm checking in, so I need to continue to take care of my body.

I do know when my body is ready or when it's going to perform best for me.

For every player, it is important to be fit and have a good pre-season behind him.

There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit.

My attitude as a footballer was to always be prepared - make sure you're the fittest and know who you're up against. And that's exactly how I treat the media side.

I feel as good now as I have any other spring training.

It's a cold night out tonight. The Padres better warm up real good because it's stiff out there.

Being able to help, being able to go out there every five games, is definitely something I was waiting for.