Athletic Talent Quotes

Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it.

If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.

The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me some balls, I made 50 backhands in a row - didn't miss a single one.

Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.

It's part of the reason I went to Duke. Coach K came to me. He saw everything but the dunks. He was like, 'It's a dunk. It's two points. Who cares?' He saw every other part of my game that I wanted the world to see.

You might be an elite-level athlete in the room, but if no one gets to see you display your craft it doesn't matter.

God just blessed me with quickness and speed, I guess.

I don't know how you keep the world record holder off your team.

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.

I think I have just as much talent as anybody when it comes to the 100 or 200.

I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.

I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.

I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.

Darryl Hill was a fantastic player.

I think I have great hands out of the backfield.

That kid can hit balls over buildings.

Peterson was the most coachable athlete I have had in my life, and I coach many athletes.

All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually wanted me to try out for the U.S. national team, but I decided to quit to pursue football.

I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school.

As far as natural ability, I was always athletic.

As a young man God blessed me with a special talent to throw a football.

I had the luck of being in Madrid. They sign some of the best players in the world, and that really leaves fewer opportunities for young players.

I truly believe Colin Kaepernick could be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever.

I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from a quarterback standpoint. The problem was that I wasn't given the liberty to do certain things when I was young.