Athletic Standards Quotes

I think I live in the land of high expectations after playing at Connecticut.

I measure myself against everybody, not just the shooting guards.

And they know I didn't hold expectations for them like I do for myself. But I also tell them I'm not going to lower the expectations I do have for them because we're playing Division II.

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.

In the NBA you better come to play every night, where in the NBDL the talent level just isn't there and maybe you have guys taking a night off.

I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.

I wanted to set a new standard for competitive bodybuilding.

I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.

I thought I was in good shape. When I was at Burnley, and we got our body fat done, I had a really good percentage. Sean Dyche was happy. I went to Tottenham, and I was well high - I think they pinch you tougher at Tottenham - that's what I think. Unless it was my all-inclusive holiday in Mexico.

Really, all coaches are accustomed to coaching... normal players.

There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.'

To be a Manchester United player, it requires a certain level of performance, mentality, and you have got to be proud to be a Manchester United player.

All you've ever seen in the UFC was the greatest athletes in the world. Never, ever did we do a freakshow and we won't.

I get friends that ask that all the time, and I remember my mother asking me a couple of times, because there was no action during a game, 'did you play?' It's so weird. Everybody's like, 'Great game, great game.' And because I demand so much of myself, I'm like, 'Well, I didn't do that great, because I didn't have any stats.'

Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet.