Athletic Routine Quotes

I've been shooting my whole life. I don't remember a team where I wasn't playing basketball. It's something I really enjoy, and I shoot for hours at a time.

The biggest thing is just routine. I think that's the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players.

On game days, I do yoga as just a really short routine. It's more to warm up and to calm down in the morning.

One of the strangest things that used to happen at half time was that you'd come in, and you would have to sit down and be quiet. Get your drink, your energy bars or whatever, and sit down.

I do a variety of activities like Pilates, bike riding, physical therapy, and running. I also train on the ice five to six days a week. On the ice, I work on my programs as a whole and the individual technical elements that comprise the programs.

I train Monday through Saturday. I usually have fitness training for 90 minutes, then I'm on the tennis court for 3 to 4 hours.

At the end of the day, I'm riding a little kid's bike around a track; that's what I've done for as long as I can remember. Now it's just on a bigger stage at the Olympics.

You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.

What I did at the start of each season, regardless if I was coming back as the champion, was run indoors and take forward steps from the first race.

I always stick with the same pair if I am on a scoring streak. I wouldn't change them until I go a game without scoring.

When I prepare for a match, it's like work, even the way I have to shower and put on my makeup.

The NBA actually encourages balanced living. Realistically, basketball only takes up about six hours of your day before it becomes counterproductive.

I change my training probably every two months. The only thing that stays consistent is that I've become a pretty psychotic runner.

During COVID, I was still training, working on my fitness and my tennis. I was able to practice and play near where I live in Orlando.

I never casually shoot shots, ever. I shoot the same way every time. I shoot the same shots that I'd shoot during the game.

I've been an athlete most of my life and on a disciplined schedule. Working out for me is just part of my every day.

Pregame, I eat pancakes for a meal. I always do mental visualization before the game to prepare myself. Postgame, I typically take ice baths.

I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments.

My eighth-grade year, I was home-schooled. I'd basically wake up, go to the gym in the morning, do a little bit of school, go to practice, do a little more school, then go back to practice. My mom had a crockpot and a mini traveling oven, so we'd be cooking and eating dinners at the gym.

I listen to music before every race. Generally, there will be a song I'll get into over the weekend, and I play it all weekend, particularly when I'm getting ready for a race.

A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do.

All we see is gym, tennis court, and bed.

Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind.

Running became boring because it's so predictable. I got to a point where I knew what my competition could do.

I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.